3.0 ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rouse Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rouse Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Rouse Hill, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a family-heavy community with very few people living on their own compared to state and national figures.
3.0
▼ -11.8%
- 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 Rouse Hill — higher than 86% of areas.
| Rouse Hill | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2155, NSW | 3.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 16.2% of people live alone, a result that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.2% ▲ +44.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rouse Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.2%. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
10.7% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rouse Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; 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 Rouse Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13444/rouse-hill/topic/family-households