2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rochester · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rochester
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone defines the home life in Rochester, where 34.1% of households are single-person dwellings. This figure is well above the national average. While many homes house couples, the area generally has fewer people per household than most other similar places.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Rochester — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rochester is smaller than average, with 2.2 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 34.1% of residents live alone, which is much higher than most areas.
34.1% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rochester, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 44.1%, though one-parent families are a little more common here than in the rest of Victoria and Australia at 15.4%.
15.4% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rochester splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Rochester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22184/rochester/topic/family-households