2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rose River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rose River
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of single parents live in Rose River compared to the rest of the state. While the typical household size is similar to the national figure, over a quarter of families here are led by one parent.
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 Rose River — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Rose River has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the typical household across Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Rose River, 2 people is the majority at 69%; 1 person is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.1% of the total, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Other families in the area are mostly couples with children (47.8%) or couples without children (30.4%).
26.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rose River, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Rose River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22195/rose-river/topic/family-households