3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rooty Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rooty Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people live in the typical Rooty Hill home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the areas with the highest household occupancy in the region. Large family groups are the norm here, with very few people living by themselves.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rooty Hill — higher than 89% of areas.
| Rooty Hill | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2766, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rooty Hill holds 3.2 people, a little above the New South Wales average of 2.6. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 15.8%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.8% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rooty Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (22%) and 3 people (21%), with 4 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.1%. One-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
14.5% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rooty Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Rooty Hill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rooty Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13410/rooty-hill/topic/family-households