2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rowsley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rowsley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.4% of all families in Rowsley, the biggest family group in the area. This is a place where homes are typically larger than most, with an average of 2.8 people per household. Very few people live alone here compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Rowsley — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Rowsley hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Only 10.9% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rowsley, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 60.4% raising children and 34.3% without children.
5.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rowsley, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Rowsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22206/rowsley/topic/family-households