2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fernbrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fernbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas defines the layout of Fernbrook. Small households are common here, with a typical home holding only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
—
- 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 Fernbrook — lower than 86% of areas.
| Fernbrook | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2453, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Half of all homes here house two people, while those living alone make up 26.8% of the area. This rate of single-person households is a little above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
26.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fernbrook, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 57.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.9% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fernbrook, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Fernbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11509/fernbrook/topic/family-households