2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charleys Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Charleys Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Charleys Forest are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes, which are much lower than most similar places. The typical home here holds only 2.1 people.
2.1
—
- 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 Charleys Forest — lower than 81% of areas.
| Charleys Forest | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2622, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than half of residents (53.6%) live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home size is just 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
53.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Charleys Forest, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest group at 53.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 7.0%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charleys Forest, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 Charleys Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10885/charleys-forest/topic/family-households