2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chiltern - Indigo Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Chiltern - Indigo Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 8.2% of families in Chiltern - Indigo Valley are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of two-parent households. Most homes here are smaller than the state average, with a typical household of 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Chiltern - Indigo Valley — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 40.5%, while 26.3% of people live alone. This last group has grown by 2.2 percentage points since 2011, though the overall number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.4.
26.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chiltern - Indigo Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.9% of families, followed by couples without children at 34.9%. The proportion of one-parent families is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
8.2% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chiltern - Indigo Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Chiltern - Indigo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204031070/chiltern-indigo-valley/topic/family-households