Rosa Brook · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Rosa Brook

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family life in Rosa Brook has remained steady over the last decade. Most homes here are headed by couples with children, and the typical household is slightly larger than the national figure at 2.6 people.

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📍 Rosa Brook, Suburb / Locality

Where Rosa Brook sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Rosa Brook — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Rosa Brook2.6
6285, WA 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27% of people live alone, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37.8% of all homes.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.0%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 26.0%
  • 2021: 27.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Rosa Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 5 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of families here (53.9%) are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.6%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Western Australian average.

13.6%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Rosa Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.

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 Rosa Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51309/rosa-brook/topic/family-households