2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rossmoyne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rossmoyne
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Rossmoyne than in most similar areas. This is a strong family-focused suburb where nearly 67% of households are couples with children. These high family numbers mean that homes here are generally more crowded than the national average.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Rossmoyne — higher than 76% of areas.
| Rossmoyne | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6148, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Rossmoyne is more crowded than most areas and sits a little above the national figure of 2.5. About 22.6% of people live alone, which is a little below the Australian average of 25.6%.
22.6% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rossmoyne, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 66.8%. One-parent families account for 9.2%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.2% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rossmoyne, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Rossmoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51312/rossmoyne/topic/family-households