2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chermside · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Chermside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Chermside live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This makes it a place where single-person households are much more common than in most other areas. Most residents live in small groups, with the typical home housing about 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Chermside — lower than 71% of areas.
| Chermside | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 28.8% of the area, a rate well above both the state and national figures. Two-person homes are the most common at 33.7%, while the typical home size of 2.4 people has barely changed since 2011.
28.8% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chermside splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 57.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is a little below the Queensland average and has fallen since 2011.
13.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chermside, 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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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/sa3/30202/chermside/topic/family-households