2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chirnside Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Chirnside Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.3% of families in Chirnside Park, making it a strong hub for family life. The area is defined by larger households, with the typical home holding more people than those in most other similar areas.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Chirnside Park — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.8 people per home, households here are a little larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that people living alone are much less common here than in most areas, at just 17.5%.
17.5% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chirnside Park, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has barely changed since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chirnside Park, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Chirnside Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051275/chirnside-park/topic/family-households