2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chatswood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chatswood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household patterns in Chatswood align closely with national trends, with the usual home housing 2.5 people. Most homes are small to medium sized, reflecting a balance between family living and single-person households.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Chatswood — higher than 50% of areas.
| Chatswood | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2067, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About a quarter of residents live alone, a figure a little below the national 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.3% of the total.
24.1% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chatswood, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 59.3%, while one-parent families make up 12.1%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.1% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chatswood, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Chatswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10891/chatswood/topic/family-households