1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chermside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Chermside
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 41% of households in Chermside are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a very small typical household size. It is a place where small living arrangements are much more common than in the rest of the state.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Chermside — lower than 96% of areas.
| Chermside | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4032, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 2.5. This trend has edged down since 2011, while the proportion of people living alone rose to 41.9%.
41.9% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chermside, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While this is much higher than most other areas, the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
18.9% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Chermside splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021028/chermside/topic/family-households