3.4 ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairfield Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairfield Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Fairfield Heights, where the typical home now holds 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded areas for housing in the region.
3.4
▲ +6.2%
- 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 Heights — higher than 93% of areas.
| Fairfield Heights | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2165, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.4 people per home, Fairfield Heights has a much higher occupancy rate than the New South Wales average of 2.6. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 18.0%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.0% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fairfield Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (20%) and 4 people (18%), with 1 person at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 68.6% of the total. One-parent families are much more common than in most other areas, accounting for 18.2% of families compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
18.2% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairfield Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families 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 Fairfield Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11482/fairfield-heights/topic/family-households