2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rheola · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rheola
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Rheola have remained largely stable, though the area is now dominated by couples with children. Most homes here are family-based, with a very small number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Rheola — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Rheola are smaller than most, with 2.2 people per residence. Only 18.2% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
18.2% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rheola, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63.2% of families here. There are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rheola, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Rheola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22163/rheola/topic/family-households