Roselands · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Roselands

How families and households are made up across the area.

Three people is the typical household size in Roselands, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This area has a much higher number of people living in each home than most other similar places. It is a community where large family groups are common and living alone is less frequent.

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Where Roselands sits — Average household size

3.0 ▲ +3.4%
  • 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 Roselands — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Roselands3.0
2196, NSW 3.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 20.7% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home has 3.0 people, a figure much higher than most other areas.

3.0 ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.7% ▼ -1.7%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.1%
  • 2016: 19.3%
  • 2021: 20.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Roselands, the largest group is 2 people at 26%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest group at 66.9%. One-parent families account for 15.1% of the total, which is a little above the state average of 14.0%.

15.1% ▲ +7.2%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 14.6%
  • 2021: 15.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Roselands, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 17%.

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 Roselands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13423/roselands/topic/family-households