2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rutherglen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rutherglen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Rutherglen than in previous years, reflecting a shift in how households are structured. About 31% of homes are occupied by a single person, which is well above the national figure. This trend contributes to the area having smaller typical households than most other similar places.
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 Rutherglen — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Rutherglen are smaller than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is partly because 30.7% of people live alone, a rate well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
30.7% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the 14.1% recorded across Australia.
15.8% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22217/rutherglen/topic/family-households