2.1 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Childers
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Childers, where more than a third of households now consist of just one person. This trend has left the area with a typical home size that is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Childers — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 35.7% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Childers holds 2.1 people, a little below the 2.5 seen across Victoria and Australia.
35.7% ▲ +78.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Childers splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are completely absent here at 0.0%, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples, with 44.6% having children and 43.1% without.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Childers splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with Other families at 7%.
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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20549/childers/topic/family-households