2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chillingham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chillingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 20.6% of the community in Chillingham, a figure well above the national average. This trend is a key feature of the area's family life, which is otherwise split between couples with and without children. Most homes here are small, typically housing just two people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Chillingham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Chillingham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Chillingham are smaller than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and nearly half of all households consist of just two people.
22.9% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chillingham, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting at 20.6% compared to the 14.1% national figure. Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 43.1%.
20.6% ▲ +114.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chillingham, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Chillingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10903/chillingham/topic/family-households