2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rose Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rose Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Rose Bay than the state or national average. This contributes to a smaller typical household size, with only 2.3 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Rose Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rose Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2029, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 30% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36.5% of the area.
30.0% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rose Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 56%. One-parent families make up 12% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rose Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rose Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13412/rose-bay/topic/family-households