Rosehill · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Rosehill

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 63.5% of families in Rosehill, making them the most common household type. This area sees a high number of people living alone, while the typical home size aligns closely with the national figure.

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📍 Rosehill, Suburb / Locality

Where Rosehill sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 Rosehill — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Rosehill2.5
2142, NSW 2.8
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 30% of people in Rosehill live alone, which is well above the state and national figures. Most homes hold two or three people, with a typical size of 2.5 people per dwelling.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.7% ▼ -4.2%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 31.0%
  • 2016: 26.2%
  • 2021: 29.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Rosehill splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

About 63.5% of families are couples with children, and 23.6% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 11.3%, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.

11.3% ▼ -24.1%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.9%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 11.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Rosehill, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Rosehill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13422/rosehill/topic/family-households