2.4 ▲ +60.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Risdon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Risdon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Risdon, which is well above the national figure. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area has a higher than usual number of single-person households and one-parent families.
2.4
▲ +60.0%
- 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 Risdon — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 29.6% of the area, a figure well above the Australian average. Two-person households are the most common at 38.3%, and the overall home size is about the same as the state and national figures.
29.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Risdon, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 52.3%. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Risdon, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Risdon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60555/risdon/topic/family-households