2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rutherglen · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Rutherglen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of households in Rutherglen are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes single-person homes a common sight across the town. While household sizes have edged up slightly since 2011, the area remains a mix of small households and traditional family units.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Rutherglen — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rutherglen holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 38.1%, while those living alone make up 31.8% of the community.
31.8% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 16.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the state average and has risen since 2011. Almost half of all families are couples with children, while 34.9% are couples without children.
16.7% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215076/rutherglen/topic/family-households