Chapel Hill · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Chapel Hill

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 69% of families in Chapel Hill are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. The area has much larger households than most, with a typical home holding 2.9 people.

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📍 Chapel Hill, Suburb / Locality

Where Chapel Hill sits — Average household size

2.9 → 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 Chapel Hill — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Chapel Hill2.9
4069, QLD 3.0
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, and very few people live alone. Only 12.8% of residents live by themselves, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%.

2.9 → 0.0%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.8% ▲ +1.7%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 12.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Chapel Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 7.6% of the area, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages. This is consistent with the high proportion of couples with children living here.

7.6% ▲ +0.3%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.6%
  • 2016: 7.9%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Chapel Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30580/chapel-hill/topic/family-households