2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockingham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rockingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Rockingham than in most similar areas. The community is mostly made up of families, with nearly half of all households being couples with children.
2.3
—
- 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 Rockingham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rockingham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4854, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Only 16.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockingham, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.5% of families, while those without children account for 33.8%. One-parent families represent 10% of the total, which is well below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
10.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockingham, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32450/rockingham/topic/family-households