2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairlight · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairlight
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower share of one-parent families than the national average defines the household landscape in Fairlight. Most homes are headed by couples, with 60.3% of families including children. This creates a stable family environment where the typical household size is about 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Fairlight — lower than 57% of areas.
| Fairlight | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2094, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.8% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36.5% of all homes.
23.8% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fairlight, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.4% of the total, a figure well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 60.3%.
8.4% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairlight, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Fairlight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11485/fairlight/topic/family-households