2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fernleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fernleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Fernleigh, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a community where very few people live by themselves.
2.8
→ 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 Fernleigh — higher than 76% of areas.
| Fernleigh | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2479, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 38% housing two people and another 22% fitting three.
17.0% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fernleigh, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are the most common setup here, making up 62.2% of households. One-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
9.9% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fernleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Fernleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11511/fernleigh/topic/family-households