2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chisholm · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Chisholm
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Chisholm than in most similar areas. While the typical household size is about the same as the national figure, the area has a notably low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the territory.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Chisholm — higher than 71% of areas.
| Chisholm | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2905, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in each home, a figure that has edged down since 2011. Only 20.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.7% seen across the ACT.
20.9% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chisholm, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.6%. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, which is a little above the territory average but has fallen since 2011.
13.6% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chisholm, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071074/chisholm/topic/family-households