2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rushforth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rushforth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 12.5% of people live alone in Rushforth, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a place where most residents share their homes, with a strong presence of families and multi-person households.
2.7
—
- 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 Rushforth — higher than 71% of areas.
| Rushforth | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the breakdown, where 43.8% of households consist of two people and 12.5% are single-person homes.
12.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rushforth, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, making up 53.8%. One-parent families represent 16.2% of the total, which is much higher than in most areas and a little above the national figure.
16.2% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rushforth, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Rushforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13461/rushforth/topic/family-households