2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockmount · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rockmount
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Rockmount than in most similar areas. This is a place where family life is central, with 60.3% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Rockmount — higher than 57% of areas.
| Rockmount | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4344, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.6, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. This is alongside a higher rate of people living alone than in most similar areas, at 26.7%.
26.7% ▲ +225.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rockmount splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 2 people (28%), with 5 people at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.2%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
13.2% ▲ +111.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockmount, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Rockmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32452/rockmount/topic/family-households