2.1 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rupanyup · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Rupanyup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher proportions of people living alone than in most similar areas define Rupanyup. Small household sizes are the main story here, with the typical home holding only 2.1 people. This is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.1
▼ -36.4%
- 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 Rupanyup — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 37.7% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This has risen sharply since 2011, helping explain why the average number of people per home has dropped from 3.3 to 2.1.
37.7% ▲ +243.8%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rupanyup splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.9%, while one-parent families make up 12.0% of the total. This last figure is a little below the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
12.0% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rupanyup, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Rupanyup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222080/rupanyup/topic/family-households