Chewton Bushlands · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Chewton Bushlands

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Chewton Bushlands, where 45.8% of homes are occupied by just one person. This makes the area far more likely to have single-person households than the rest of Victoria or Australia.

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Where Chewton Bushlands sits — Average household size

1.8
  • 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 Chewton Bushlands — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Chewton Bushlands1.8
3451, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is very common here, with 45.8% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.8 people, which is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5.

1.8

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Chewton Bushlands, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 62.5%. In contrast, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the 14.1% national average.

Family composition

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In Chewton Bushlands, Couples without children is the majority at 74%; Couples with children is next at 26%.

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 Bushlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20548/chewton-bushlands/topic/family-households