2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chisholm · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chisholm
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Chisholm than in most similar areas. This is a place where larger households are the norm, with a typical home holding 2.7 people, which is slightly higher than the figures for the ACT and Australia.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Chisholm — higher than 71% of areas.
| Chisholm | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2905, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.9% of people live alone here, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 31.9% of all households.
20.9% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chisholm, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.6%. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the ACT average.
13.6% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chisholm, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80037/chisholm/topic/family-households