2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairfax · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Fairfax
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Fairfax consist of couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. This trend contributes to a steady household size, with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 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 Fairfax — lower than 57% of areas.
| Fairfax | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.5% of residents live alone, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, and two-person homes are now the most common household size at 38.2%.
23.5% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fairfax, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.6% of families, while couples without children account for 32%. One-parent families represent 13.6% of the total, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average and has remained steady since 2011.
13.6% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairfax, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Fairfax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED309/fairfax/topic/family-households