2.5 —
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 62% of families in Ringwood are couples with children, making this a strong hub for family life. The area's household patterns mirror the state and national averages, with a typical home housing 2.5 people.
2.5
—
- 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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.6% of people here live alone, a figure that rose slightly since 2016 and sits a little above the national average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 31.4% of all homes.
26.6% —
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Victorian and Australian figures.
11.7% —
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27101/ringwood/topic/family-households