2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rothbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rothbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Rothbury compared to most other areas. This is a place where homes are typically shared, with the typical household consisting of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Rothbury — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rothbury | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.5% of people here live alone, a figure far below the state and national rates of around 25%. Most homes contain two people, accounting for 54.2% of all households.
12.5% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rothbury, 2 people is the majority at 65%; 3 people is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a much lower rate of one-parent families than most places, sitting at 0.0% compared to a national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children make up the largest group at 66.7% of families.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rothbury, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Rothbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13435/rothbury/topic/family-households