3.2 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairfield East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairfield East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in Fairfield East, a figure well above the national average. This is a high-density residential area where large family groups are common. Households here are often bigger than those in other parts of New South Wales and Australia.
3.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 East — higher than 89% of areas.
| Fairfield East | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2165, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 3.2 people, which is among the highest for similar areas. This larger home size is reflected in the fact that only 21.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
21.2% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fairfield East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (21%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 20.5% of families, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, making up 63.5% of the total.
20.5% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairfield East, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11481/fairfield-east/topic/family-households