2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chinchilla · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Chinchilla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Chinchilla are couples with children, making this the most common living arrangement. The town has a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar areas. While home sizes are typical for the country, there is a growing number of people living on their own.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Chinchilla — higher than 64% of areas.
| Chinchilla | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4413, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Chinchilla holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the number of people living alone has risen to 29.5%, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
29.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Chinchilla splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the total, which is much higher than the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
19.4% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chinchilla, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314008/chinchilla/topic/family-households