2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Firefly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Firefly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Firefly house just two people, making it a place where small households are the norm. This trend is highlighted by a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Firefly — higher than 50% of areas.
| Firefly | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2429, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 18.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
18.4% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Firefly, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas, though still a little below the New South Wales average.
12.7% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Firefly, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Firefly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11524/firefly/topic/family-households