2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chermside West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chermside West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Chermside West than in most other areas, with only 19.5% of households consisting of one person. This contributes to a larger typical household size, with 2.7 people per home. This is slightly above the national and state figure of 2.5.
2.7
→ 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 Chermside West — higher than 71% of areas.
| Chermside West | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4032, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The most common household size is two people, making up 34.5% of the area. This larger-than-usual home size is reflected in the fact that people living alone are well below the Queensland average of 24.7%.
19.5% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chermside West, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large majority of families here at 59.7%. One-parent families account for 13% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas, though still a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
13.0% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chermside West, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Chermside West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30594/chermside-west/topic/family-households