Roseworthy · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Roseworthy

How families and households are made up across the area.

A typical home in Roseworthy holds 3.0 people, which is well above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This reflects a community where large households are common and people living alone are far less likely to be found than in the rest of the state.

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📍 Roseworthy, Suburb / Locality

Where Roseworthy sits — Average household size

3.0 → 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 Roseworthy — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Roseworthy3.0
5371, SA 2.9
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 17.0% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are much larger than most areas, with 23.9% of households containing four people.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.0% ▲ +9.1%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.6%
  • 2016: 15.9%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Roseworthy splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

9.9% ▼ -23.2%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Roseworthy, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Roseworthy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41277/roseworthy/topic/family-households