Charbon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Charbon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all homes in Charbon are occupied by people living alone. This makes the area feel much quieter and less crowded than most of the state, with very few large households.

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📍 Charbon, Suburb / Locality

Where Charbon sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -25.0%
  • 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 Charbon — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Charbon1.8
2848, NSW 1.9
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 48.8% of residents live alone, a rate far above the national figure of 25.6%.

1.8 ▼ -25.0%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

48.8% ▲ +46.3%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.3%
  • 2016: 38.6%
  • 2021: 48.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Charbon, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 29%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 40.7% of those in the area, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are less common, with couples without children at 25.9% and those with children at 24.1%.

40.7% ▲ +85.4%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.0%
  • 2016: 27.8%
  • 2021: 40.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Charbon, the largest group is One-parent families at 45%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and Couples with children (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 Charbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10882/charbon/topic/family-households