2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rippleside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rippleside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family living arrangements in Rippleside have remained steady over the last decade. This small area is largely made up of couples, with over half of all families including children. The typical home is occupied by two or three people, mirroring patterns seen across Victoria and the rest of the country.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Rippleside — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most households in Rippleside consist of two people (43.8%), while 23.6% of people live alone. This is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. With 2.4 people per home, the household size is about the same as the Victorian average of 2.5.
23.6% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rippleside, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group here at 51.0%. One-parent families account for 10.3% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and a little below the state average.
10.3% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rippleside, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Rippleside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22178/rippleside/topic/family-households