2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Romsey · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Romsey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Romsey compared to the state or national average. This is an area where most households are family-based, with 61.9% of families consisting of couples with children. The typical home here is larger than in most other areas, holding about 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Romsey — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 18.2% of households being single-person homes, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person homes are the most common at 35.5%, while the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Romsey, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the local family landscape at 61.9%. One-parent families account for 11.6% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Romsey, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Romsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215074/romsey/topic/family-households