2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rhyll · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rhyll
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Rhyll house just two people, reflecting a community with a high number of small households. The area is mostly made up of couples, with a notably low number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Rhyll — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rhyll is smaller than most, with 2.1 people per dwelling. This is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, and it is driven by the 28.9% of people living alone, which is well above the Australian average.
28.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rhyll, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 53.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.2% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rhyll, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with 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 Rhyll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22164/rhyll/topic/family-households