2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nicholls Rivulet · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nicholls Rivulet
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Nicholls Rivulet than in the rest of the state, with only 18.8% of households being single-person homes. This creates a community where most homes are shared, and the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -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 Nicholls Rivulet — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 46.4% of homes are shared by two people, while 23.2% have three residents. This focus on shared living explains why the 18.8% of people living alone is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
18.8% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nicholls Rivulet, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 51.8%. One-parent families represent 12.7% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.7% ▲ +172.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nicholls Rivulet, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Nicholls Rivulet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60454/nicholls-rivulet/topic/family-households