2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charnwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Charnwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Charnwood are couples with children, making this the most common home type in the area. This is a residential community where household sizes mirror both the territory and national figures, though there is a notable number of single-parent homes.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Charnwood — higher than 50% of areas.
| Charnwood | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Charnwood holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the ACT and national figures. A little more than a quarter of households consist of one person, which is higher than most areas.
27.5% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Charnwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.9% of the total, a figure that is far above the ACT average and well above the national rate. These families represent one of the highest proportions of this home type compared to similar areas.
22.9% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charnwood, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families 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 Charnwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80035/charnwood/topic/family-households