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.
Chisholm · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chisholm
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Chisholm since 2011, with the typical home now housing 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded areas for home sizes in the region.
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 Chisholm — higher than 89% of areas.
| Chisholm | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2322, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, Chisholm has a much higher number of residents per household than the New South Wales average of 2.6. Only 6.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
6.6% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chisholm splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.2% of families here. Only 5.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
5.5% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chisholm, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 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 Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10908/chisholm/topic/family-households