2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements have become more common in Fairfield, where the typical home now holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits above the national figure of 2.5. The area is defined by a high number of family households, particularly those with children.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Fairfield — higher than 81% of areas.
| Fairfield | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2165, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Fairfield are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to 2.6 across New South Wales. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 15.3% of households have four people and 9.1% have five.
23.1% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fairfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 60.8% of the total.
20.9% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairfield, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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/sal/SAL11480/fairfield/topic/family-households