2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charlestown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Charlestown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over a quarter of people in Charlestown live alone, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households, even though the typical home size is similar to the rest of Australia.
2.5
—
- 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 Charlestown — higher than 50% of areas.
| Charlestown | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4608, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live by themselves, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, over half of all households consist of just two people.
30.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Charlestown, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national average. Most families are couples with children, who account for 57.4% of households.
16.4% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charlestown, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30581/charlestown/topic/family-households