2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ruby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ruby
How families and households are made up across the area.
A tiny fraction of residents live by themselves in Ruby, which is far below the Victorian average. This is a place where most people live in larger groups, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
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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 Ruby — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 6.1% of people live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. Most households are small couples, making up 56.1% of the area, while 19.7% of homes have four people.
6.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ruby, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples with children, at 53.8%. One-parent families make up 10.7%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ruby, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Ruby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22210/ruby/topic/family-households