2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rosedale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rosedale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Rosedale, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to smaller households, where the typical home holds 2.3 people compared to 2.5 across Australia. It is an area with a high proportion of single-person homes and one-parent families.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Rosedale — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people here live by themselves, a figure well above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Consequently, households are smaller than in most areas, with two-person homes being the most common at 39%.
29.2% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rosedale, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.9% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Couples with children are the largest group at 49.7%, while couples without children account for 33.5%.
15.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rosedale, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Rosedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22199/rosedale/topic/family-households