2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Farrer · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Farrer
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Farrer are couples with children, making this the most common household type. However, the area also has a high number of people living alone, with nearly 30% of homes containing just one person.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Farrer — lower than 71% of areas.
| Farrer | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.5% of people in Farrer live alone, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This is a rise from 2011, while the typical number of people per home has stayed steady at 2.4.
29.5% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Farrer, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.3% of families, followed by couples without children at 31.2%. One-parent families account for 14.5%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.5% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Farrer, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Farrer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED114/farrer/topic/family-households