3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chester Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chester Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Chester Hill than in most similar areas, with a typical household now holding 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where large family groups are common.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 Chester Hill — higher than 89% of areas.
| Chester Hill | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2162, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 12.3% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why the number of people living alone (21.8%) is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%.
21.8% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chester Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (22%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 66.3% of the mix. One-parent families are also much more common than in most areas, accounting for 19.3% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
19.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chester Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Chester Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10898/chester-hill/topic/family-households