2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Federal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Federal is shaped by a mix of small households and family units, with 52.2% of families consisting of couples with children. The area follows broad national patterns in how people live together, though it has a higher share of one-parent families than most similar places.
2.5
→ 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 Federal — higher than 50% of areas.
| Federal | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Federal house two people (35.2%) or one person (24.2%). With a typical size of 2.5 people per home, the area sits right around the national and state figures.
24.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Federal, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are the most common, making up 52.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the mix, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.9% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Federal, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11502/federal/topic/family-households