2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cherokee · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cherokee
How families and households are made up across the area.
A stable family environment defines Cherokee, where 56.3% of households consist of couples with children. This is a place where most homes are occupied by families, with very few single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
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- 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 Cherokee — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cherokee typically house 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national and state figures of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Cherokee, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 6 or more is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian (13.3%) and Australian (14.1%) averages. The vast majority of families are couples, with 37.5% having no children.
6.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cherokee, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Cherokee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20541/cherokee/topic/family-households