2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alphington - Fairfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Alphington - Fairfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Alphington - Fairfield compared to the rest of the country. This preference for smaller living arrangements means the area has fewer people per home than the typical Australian household.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Alphington - Fairfield — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.5% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the national average that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
33.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Alphington - Fairfield splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.8% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alphington - Fairfield, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Alphington - Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206021110/alphington-fairfield/topic/family-households