2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chelmsford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chelmsford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Chelmsford than is typical across the state. Most households here are small, with a typical size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5.
2.3
—
- 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 Chelmsford — lower than 71% of areas.
| Chelmsford | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4606, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes have just two people, while 21.6% are single-person households. This last figure is well below the national average of 25.6%.
21.6% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chelmsford, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.6% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 11.4%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chelmsford, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Chelmsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30589/chelmsford/topic/family-households