2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charlestown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Charlestown
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the national average, Charlestown's home sizes and family setups reflect a typical Australian mix. Most households are modest, with an average of 2.5 people per home and a strong presence of both small units and family dwellings.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Charlestown — higher than 50% of areas.
| Charlestown | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2290, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 34.8%. About 26.1% of people live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
26.1% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Charlestown, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 57%. One-parent families account for 14.8%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.8% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charlestown, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10884/charlestown/topic/family-households