2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ryanston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ryanston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of the households in Ryanston are couples with children, making it a family-focused area. This is a place where few people live alone and one-parent families are much less common than in the rest of the country.
2.5
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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 Ryanston — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 44.5% of homes are shared by two people, while only 19.3% of residents live alone. This last figure is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.3% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ryanston, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples are the norm here, with 48.8% having children and 40.6% without. Only 7.9% are one-parent families, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
7.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ryanston, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Ryanston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22219/ryanston/topic/family-households