2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Rock · Urban Centre
Family & Households in The Rock
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in The Rock (L) than ever before, with this figure jumping 18 percentage points since 2011. This change stands out in a place where over half of all families are couples with children. Most homes now hold about 2.5 people, which is a slight increase over the last decade.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is The Rock — higher than 64% of areas.
| The Rock | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2655, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of households are people living alone, a figure well above the national average and a significant rise since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.6% of the area.
30.7% ▲ +135.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →The Rock splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.7%, which is a little above the national figure and has risen 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
16.7% ▲ +77.1%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Rock, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in The Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121107/the-rock/topic/family-households