2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
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.
Smaller living arrangements define daily life in Rocky Gully, where 38.5% of people live alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, making it an area where single-person households are much more common than in most other places.
2.1
▼ -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 Rocky Gully — lower than 81% of areas.
| Rocky Gully | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6397, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per household compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is consistent with a high number of single-person homes, which make up 38.5% of the area.
38.5% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rocky Gully splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 5 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.0% of the community, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.8%.
22.0% ▲ +149.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rocky Gully, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (22%).
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/SAL51304/rocky-gully/topic/family-households