2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Rowville than in most other areas, with only 15.2% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why homes here are typically larger than the state average, making it a primary hub for larger households and families.
2.9
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- 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 Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.9 people live in each home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. While the number of single-person homes rose slightly since 2016, Rowville still has among the lowest rates of people living alone in the region.
15.2% —
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 67.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.4%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other similar areas.
10.4% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27305/rowville/topic/family-households