2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ruse · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ruse
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and a high proportion of families define daily life in Ruse, where 58.4% of households are couples with children. This creates a residential feel that is much more family-oriented than in most other similar areas.
2.8
▼ -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 Ruse — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ruse | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2560, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ruse are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This is a little above the national figure, and far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country.
18.0% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ruse, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.9% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ruse, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Ruse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13458/ruse/topic/family-households