2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fulham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Fulham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Fulham, where 63.2% of families live together. This area has a mix of household types, with a typical home hosting 2.5 people. Overall, the suburb is moderately sized and follows state and national patterns for household density.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Fulham — lower than 57% of areas.
| Fulham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5024, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Roughly 28.9% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While this represents a small drop since 2011, the typical number of people per home has risen slightly to 2.5.
28.9% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fulham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is well below the South Australian average of 14.8%. This figure has grown by 3 percentage points over the last ten years.
11.7% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fulham, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Fulham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404031105/fulham/topic/family-households