2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chatswood - Lane Cove · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Chatswood - Lane Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer single-parent homes than the national average define the family landscape in Chatswood - Lane Cove. Most households here are family-based, with couples with children making up 63.6% of the mix. This creates a residential environment where larger family units are the norm compared to many other urban areas.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Chatswood - Lane Cove — higher than 57% of areas.
| Chatswood - Lane Cove | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in the area hold 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While 24.8% of residents live alone, the most common household size is two people at 32.7%.
24.8% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chatswood - Lane Cove, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 9.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0% and has remained steady since 2011.
9.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chatswood - Lane Cove, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Chatswood - Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12101/chatswood-lane-cove/topic/family-households