Chelona · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Chelona

How families and households are made up across the area.

A massive gap exists between Chelona and the rest of the country, with a very high proportion of large families and few people living alone. Most homes here are filled with several people, and the typical household is larger than both the state and national figures.

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📍 Chelona, Suburb / Locality

Where Chelona sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Chelona — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Chelona3.0
4740, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Three people live in 30.3% of homes, contributing to a typical size of 3.0 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 9.1% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.0

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

9.1%

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 34.3%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Chelona, the largest group is 3 people at 33%, followed by 2 people (23%) and 4 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 73.9%. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare here, at just 4.3%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

4.3%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.5%
  • 2021: 4.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Chelona, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Chelona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30590/chelona/topic/family-households