2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chum Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Chum Creek compared to the rest of Victoria, where the gap is nearly 8 percentage points. Most homes here are family-based, with a typical household of 2.7 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Chum Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.1% of residents live by themselves, a figure well below the state and national averages. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37.7% of all homes.
18.1% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chum Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.5%. One-parent families account for 13.0%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
13.0% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chum Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Chum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20560/chum-creek/topic/family-households