2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cheltenham · State Electorate
Family & Households in Cheltenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Cheltenham than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in a high number of single-person households and a one-parent family rate that is a little above the national figure. Overall, the area has a diverse mix of family types and household sizes.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cheltenham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cheltenham | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Typical homes hold 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the state average and has barely changed since 2011.
31.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cheltenham splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though the proportion fell by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cheltenham, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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/sed/SED40006/cheltenham/topic/family-households