3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ross Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ross Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Ross Creek, where an average of 3.0 people live in each home. This is a family-focused area with far fewer people living alone than in the rest of Victoria or Australia.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 Ross Creek — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, household size is a little above the national figure of 2.5 and much higher than most areas. Only 13.7% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
13.7% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ross Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.0%. Only 6.1% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.1% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ross Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Ross Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22203/ross-creek/topic/family-households