2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chain Valley Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chain Valley Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Chain Valley Bay, where 35.4% of people live alone. This creates a residential pattern that is very different from the rest of the state, with far more single-person homes than usual.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Chain Valley Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Chain Valley Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the high number of people living alone, a figure that is well above the national average.
35.4% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chain Valley Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples without children, making up 47.3% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.3%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales figure.
13.3% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chain Valley Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Chain Valley Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10879/chain-valley-bay/topic/family-households