2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Farmborough Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Farmborough Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 15.9% of people live alone in Farmborough Heights, a figure well below the national average. This makes it an area where most people live in larger groups, with the typical home holding nearly three people.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Farmborough Heights — higher than 76% of areas.
| Farmborough Heights | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2526, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual household size is 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the low number of single-person homes, which is nearly 10 percentage points lower than the state and national figures.
15.9% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Farmborough Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households here are families, with 63.5% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 10.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.8% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Farmborough Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Farmborough Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11494/farmborough-heights/topic/family-households