2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chillagoe · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Chillagoe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much fewer people share a home in Chillagoe than in most similar areas. This trend is driven by a high number of people living on their own, with the typical home now holding just two people.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Chillagoe — lower than 86% of areas.
| Chillagoe | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 43.3% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average and one of the highest for this type of area. This has contributed to a drop in the typical household size, which fell from 2.2 people in 2011 to 2.0 in 2021.
43.3% ▲ +48.9%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chillagoe, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.0% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This represents a sharp drop from 2011, when one-parent families accounted for 23.0% of the group.
8.0% ▼ -65.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chillagoe, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Chillagoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322027/chillagoe/topic/family-households