2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockdale · State Electorate
Family & Households in Rockdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home is the main trend in Rockdale, where the typical household size has edged down since 2011. The area now sees about 2.5 people per dwelling, which is almost exactly the same as the national figure. Most households here consist of two people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Rockdale — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rockdale | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.9% of people in Rockdale live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits around the middle for similar areas. Two-person households are the most common group at 33.7%.
25.9% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockdale, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.9%, which is a little below the state and national figures and has barely changed since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockdale, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10072/rockdale/topic/family-households