2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rupanyup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rupanyup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Rupanyup, which is well above the national figure. This means the typical home is smaller than usual, with just 2.3 people per household. Most residents live in two-person groups or as single occupants.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Rupanyup — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.1% of people live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and Australian averages. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.3 people is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
29.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rupanyup, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.8%, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
12.8% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rupanyup splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Rupanyup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22214/rupanyup/topic/family-households