3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chelmer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chelmer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 72.3% of families in Chelmer, marking it as a strong hub for family life. This is a place where large households are common and people living alone are far less frequent than in the rest of the country.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Chelmer — higher than 86% of areas.
| Chelmer | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4068, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.2% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.2% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chelmer, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.5% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages. Most families are couples, with 72.3% having children and 19.3% without.
7.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chelmer, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Chelmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30588/chelmer/topic/family-households