3.2 → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairfield · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Fairfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63% of families in Fairfield, driving a strong trend toward larger households. This area is characterised by a high number of people living together, with the typical home holding 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Fairfield — higher than 99% of areas.
| Fairfield | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the most crowded at this level, though this has barely changed since 2011. Only 16.8% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
16.8% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Fairfield — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 4 people (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, making up 19.9% of the total. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
19.9% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairfield, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12702/fairfield/topic/family-households