2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rochford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rochford
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in family structures has seen the number of single-parent families in Rochford drop to 0.0% in recent years. This small community now has a very high proportion of couples, with the typical home holding 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
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- 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 Rochford — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here are small, with 55.6% of households containing two people. Only 18.5% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
18.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rochford, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the entire family ownship here, split evenly between those with children and those without at 47.5% each. Consequently, one-parent families are far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rochford splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).
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 Rochford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22185/rochford/topic/family-households