2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fawkner · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Fawkner
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical Fawkner home, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. This creates a community where larger households are common, though a quarter of residents still live on their own. Overall, family life is the dominant feature of the suburb's residential makeup.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Fawkner — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. While 27.5% of homes hold two people, the proportion of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011 to 24.4%.
24.4% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fawkner splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (24%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of local families at 66.1%. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.9% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fawkner, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Fawkner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210031237/fawkner/topic/family-households