2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fassifern · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fassifern
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of people in Fassifern live alone, which is well above the national figure. This creates a community where small households are common, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Fassifern — lower than 71% of areas.
| Fassifern | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2283, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are much more common here than in most other areas. This helps explain why the typical household size is 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
32.6% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fassifern splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the total, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 34.6% are couples without children.
18.9% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fassifern, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Fassifern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11498/fassifern/topic/family-households