2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Redesdale · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Redesdale are couples without children, making this the most common household type. This is a sparsely populated area where small households are the norm, with a very high proportion of people living on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Redesdale — lower than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
People living alone make up 35.2% of households, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. This helps explain why the typical home in Redesdale has only 2.1 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
35.2% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Redesdale, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 36.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 11.2%. This last figure is a little below both the Victorian (13.3%) and national (14.1%) averages.
11.2% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Redesdale, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Redesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22154/redesdale/topic/family-households