2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charlestown · State Electorate
Family & Households in Charlestown
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Charlestown consist of couples with children, making it the most common household type. This family-focused landscape is balanced by a growing number of people living alone, which has risen to 25.1% since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Charlestown — lower than 57% of areas.
| Charlestown | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Charlestown holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 33.7% of homes house two people, those living alone have increased to 25.1% over the last decade.
25.1% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Charlestown, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.0% of the area, which is higher than most similar places and a little above the New South Wales average. This figure has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
15.0% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charlestown, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10018/charlestown/topic/family-households