2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ruthven · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ruthven
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone make Ruthven a place where most residents share their space. The typical home holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.9
—
- 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 Ruthven — higher than 81% of areas.
| Ruthven | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live by themselves here, at just 10.3%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why typical homes are larger than average, with about 38% of households containing two people and another 25% containing three.
10.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ruthven, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.3% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ruthven, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Ruthven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13465/ruthven/topic/family-households