2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cheshunt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cheshunt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Cheshunt than in most similar areas, with 41.5% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area is smaller and quieter than the state average. This trend is reflected in the typical home size, which is slightly smaller than across Victoria.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Cheshunt — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cheshunt has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 41.5% of households are one-person homes, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
41.5% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cheshunt splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (43%), with 3 people at 6%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Other family types include couples with children at 43.6% and couples without children at 37.6%.
16.5% ▲ +315.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cheshunt, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Cheshunt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20543/cheshunt/topic/family-households