2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chifley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Chifley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Chifley live alone, which is well above the national figure. This means a significant portion of the area consists of single-person households. Most other homes are occupied by couples, with a strong presence of families with children.
2.4
→ 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 Chifley — lower than 64% of areas.
| Chifley | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2606, ACT | 2.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home has 2.4 people, the number of people living alone has risen to 31% since 2011. This is much higher than most areas and well above the ACT figure of 25.7%.
31.0% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chifley splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.2%, while one-parent families account for 11.5%. This last figure is lower than most areas and has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
11.5% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chifley, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091099/chifley/topic/family-households