2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chelsea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chelsea
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of residents in Chelsea live on their own, making it a place with a very high proportion of single-person homes. This trend means households here are smaller than the national figure, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Chelsea — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, making up 36% of all homes. This is much higher than most areas, while the typical home size is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5 people.
36.0% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chelsea splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 55% of families are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 15.3% of the total. This is a little above the national figure and higher than most similar areas.
15.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chelsea, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Chelsea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20537/chelsea/topic/family-households