2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rosewater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rosewater
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Rosewater live alone, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This reflects a local trend toward smaller living arrangements, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Rosewater — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rosewater | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5013, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.2% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means household sizes are a little below the Australian average.
33.2% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rosewater splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the area, which is well above both the state and national figures. Couples with children are the most common family type at 52.5%.
21.2% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rosewater, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Rosewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41276/rosewater/topic/family-households