2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chaffey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chaffey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Chaffey than in most similar areas. This community is largely built around family groups, with the typical home holding 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Chaffey — higher than 50% of areas.
| Chaffey | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5341, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.6% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%. Most households are small, with 39% containing two people and 16.9% holding three.
15.6% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chaffey, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 48.1%. One-parent families account for 14.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national rate.
14.6% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chaffey, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Chaffey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40239/chaffey/topic/family-households