2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chetwynd · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chetwynd
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Chetwynd compared to the rest of the state. This small community is marked by a significant gap in living arrangements, with over 33% of households being single-person homes and a notably high number of one-parent families.
2.4
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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 Chetwynd — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. While these single-person homes are common, the typical household size is 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national average.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chetwynd splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (39%), with 6 or more at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 46.2% having no children and 40.4% having children.
21.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chetwynd, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Chetwynd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20546/chetwynd/topic/family-households