2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rocklea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rocklea
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Rocklea are occupied by just one person. This makes the area feel much smaller than typical suburbs, with a high proportion of single residents and smaller living arrangements.
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 Rocklea — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rocklea | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4106, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here at 38.2%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in Rocklea holds only 2.3 people, which is a little below the national average of 2.5.
38.2% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rocklea, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 52.9% of families consist of couples with children, while one-parent families make up 16.3%. This share of single-parent homes is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.3% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rocklea, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Rocklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32451/rocklea/topic/family-households