2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chewton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chewton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Chewton than in most similar areas. This results in a small typical household size of 2.1 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures. The community is a mix of small households and a significant number of single-parent families.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Chewton — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why the typical home in Chewton holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
33.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chewton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.1%, followed by couples without children at 37.5%.
18.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Chewton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Chewton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20547/chewton/topic/family-households