2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rocky Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rocky Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Rocky Gully have remained stable over the last decade, with a strong focus on couples. Nearly half of all families here include children, making it a residential area where traditional family units are common.
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 Rocky Gully — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rocky Gully | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5254, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rocky Gully has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state, with only 22.0% of households being single-person homes.
22.0% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rocky Gully, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while 39.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.3% of the total, a figure that is well below the South Australian average of 14.8%.
11.3% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rocky Gully, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Rocky Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41269/rocky-gully/topic/family-households