Stony Chute · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Stony Chute

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Stony Chute than in most similar areas. This creates a smaller typical household size, with 38.1% of homes containing just one person.

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📍 Stony Chute, Suburb / Locality

Where Stony Chute sits — Average household size

2.2 → 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 Stony Chute — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Stony Chute2.2
2480, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are smaller than the national figure, with just 2.2 people per household. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.1% ▼ -6.9%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 40.9%
  • 2016: 42.6%
  • 2021: 38.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Stony Chute, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.2% of the community, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.9%.

19.2% ▼ -15.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.7%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 19.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Stony Chute, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Stony Chute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13682/stony-chute/topic/family-households