3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chatswood West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chatswood West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 70% of families in Chatswood West are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family living. The area has much larger households than most other regions, with a typical home holding 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 West — higher than 86% of areas.
| Chatswood West | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2067, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling. Only 12.9% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.9% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chatswood West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a low rate of one-parent families at 7.1%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 70.5% of the total.
7.1% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chatswood West, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10892/chatswood-west/topic/family-households