2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fernhill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fernhill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Fernhill than in most similar areas. While typical households are smaller than the national figure, the area also sees a much higher share of single-parent families than is common across New South Wales.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Fernhill — lower than 71% of areas.
| Fernhill | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2519, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 36.8% of residents who live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
36.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fernhill, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.5% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 48.4% and couples without children at 28.0%.
22.5% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fernhill, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Fernhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11510/fernhill/topic/family-households