3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cheltenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Cheltenham than in the rest of the country, as the area is dominated by larger households. This suburb is primarily home to families, with a typical home holding 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure.
3.1
→ 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 Cheltenham — higher than 88% of areas.
| Cheltenham | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2119, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 3.1 people per house and only 11.8% of residents living alone. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%, while 29.3% of households consist of two people.
11.8% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cheltenham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.2%. This helps explain why one-parent families are only 7.3%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.3% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cheltenham, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; 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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10895/cheltenham/topic/family-households