2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ripplebrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ripplebrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Ripplebrook, which is much higher than most areas. This is a family-heavy community where very few people live on their own. Most households consist of couples, with over half raising children at home.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 Ripplebrook — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 13% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.0% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ripplebrook, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57% of families, while those without children account for 30.6%. Single-parent families represent 10.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.6% ▲ +69.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ripplebrook, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Ripplebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22177/ripplebrook/topic/family-households