2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rawson · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Rawson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Rawson are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a smaller typical household size than most other parts of the state.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Rawson — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 45% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the Victorian average and has risen 13 points since 2011. Because of this, the typical home in Rawson holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
45.0% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rawson, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.5% of the total, which is far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 43.2%.
25.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rawson, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (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 Rawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222078/rawson/topic/family-households