2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rose Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rose Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger home sizes have become a hallmark of Rose Valley since 2011, with the typical household now housing 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where family living is the clear priority.
2.9
—
- 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 Valley — higher than 81% of areas.
| Rose Valley | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2534, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 9.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home holds 2.9 people, a figure much higher than most similar areas.
9.4% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rose Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 5 people (33%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 64% of the area. This contributes to a very low rate of one-parent families at 5.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
5.3% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rose Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13413/rose-valley/topic/family-households