2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chittering · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chittering
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Chittering than in most other areas, making it a place where most residents share their homes. This is a family-oriented community where the typical household is slightly larger than the national figure.
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 Chittering — higher than 71% of areas.
| Chittering | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6084, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14% of people live alone here, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. This explains why homes are larger than usual, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.
14.0% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chittering, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.2% of families in the area. Single-parent families account for 8.2%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.2% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chittering, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50291/chittering/topic/family-households