2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chinchilla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Chinchilla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Chinchilla are couples with children, making up 57.3% of the total. This family-focused profile means the area generally has more people per home than most other similar places. While family life is common, the number of single-parent households has risen noticeably since 2011.
2.6
→ 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 Chinchilla — higher than 57% of areas.
| Chinchilla | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4413, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Chinchilla holds 2.6 people, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade. Around 26.7% of households are people living alone, which is a little above the national figure.
26.7% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chinchilla, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the local total, which is higher than in most similar areas. This represents a rise of 5.1 percentage points since 2011, while couples without children account for 26.8% of families.
15.3% ▲ +49.8%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chinchilla, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011172/chinchilla/topic/family-households