2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rossglen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rossglen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up 69% of families in Rossglen, where the family structure is quite distinct. The area has a very high rate of one-parent families and a smaller typical household size than most other places across the country.
2.1
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- 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 Rossglen — lower than 81% of areas.
| Rossglen | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2439, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Rossglen are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per household. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and only 15% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.0% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rossglen, 2 people is the majority at 79%; 1 person is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 48.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas.
48.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rossglen, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 37%.
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 Rossglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13431/rossglen/topic/family-households