2.6 ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rolleston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rolleston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Rolleston than in other similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure, a striking 36% of households are single-person dwellings.
2.6
▲ +23.8%
- 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 Rolleston — higher than 57% of areas.
| Rolleston | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, sitting far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. These one-person households make up 36% of the area, while two-person homes account for 28%.
36.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rolleston, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Rolleston consist of couples with children, making up 64.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national figure.
12.7% ▲ —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rolleston, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Rolleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32462/rolleston/topic/family-households