2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rowville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rowville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical Rowville home, which is much higher than most other areas. This is a family-focused suburb where a very small number of people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Rowville — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 15% of people living alone, Rowville has a far lower rate of single-person homes than Victoria's 25.9%. The typical home is larger than the national figure, with 23.5% of households containing four people.
15.0% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rowville, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 67.6%. One-parent families account for 10.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rowville, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; 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 Rowville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22207/rowville/topic/family-households