2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chocolyn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chocolyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Chocolyn than in previous years. The area now sees a much higher proportion of people living alone compared to most other areas, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
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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 Chocolyn — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.1 people is a little below the national average.
32.3% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chocolyn, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 45.8% of the area, while couples without children account for 39.6%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chocolyn, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 46%.
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 Chocolyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20558/chocolyn/topic/family-households