2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rostrevor · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rostrevor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger home sizes define daily life in Rostrevor, where 2.7 people live in the typical house. This is higher than most areas, and it helps explain why so few residents live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Rostrevor — higher than 71% of areas.
| Rostrevor | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5073, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 22% of people here live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Most homes are occupied by two people (31.3%) or families of four or more.
22.0% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rostrevor, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 63.5% of all families. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rostrevor, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Rostrevor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41279/rostrevor/topic/family-households