1.7 ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Rocks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in The Rocks are occupied by just one person, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out as a place where small, single-person households are the norm rather than the exception.
1.7
▲ +13.3%
- 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 The Rocks — lower than 94% of areas.
| The Rocks | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2000, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 49.1% of people living alone, the number of residents per home is just 1.7. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and among the lowest for similar areas.
49.1% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Rocks, 1 person is the majority at 51%; 2 people is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 57.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 7.9%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.9% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Rocks, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13856/the-rocks/topic/family-households