2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chatsworth · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Chatsworth are couples with children. This makes the area feel more family-oriented than many other places, with the typical home holding about 2.7 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Chatsworth — higher than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 20% of households consisting of one person. This is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Chatsworth splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 3 people (29%), with 2 people at 21%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.2% of families, while 39% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.2% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Chatsworth, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Chatsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20536/chatsworth/topic/family-households