2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riddells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Riddells Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.6% of families in Riddells Creek, which is the most common household type here. This family-centric makeup means homes are larger than usual, with far fewer people living alone compared to most other areas.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Riddells Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Riddells Creek holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.1% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riddells Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with both parents are common, while one-parent families make up 10.2% of the total. This is well below the 14.1% national average and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
10.2% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riddells Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22172/riddells-creek/topic/family-households