2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cheltenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Cheltenham are couples with children, making this the most common home type. While family life is prominent, the area also has a very high number of people living alone compared to other regions.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Cheltenham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cheltenham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5014, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 32% of people in Cheltenham live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
32.0% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cheltenham splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.3% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cheltenham, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40248/cheltenham/topic/family-households