2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ringwood · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Ringwood are couples with children. This makes it a strong family hub, though a high number of single-person households also live here.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ringwood — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people in Ringwood live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Ringwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.0%. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.0% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Ringwood, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22174/ringwood/topic/family-households