2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fishing Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fishing Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Fishing Point have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on couples. About 46.6% of families are couples with children, and the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Fishing Point — lower than 57% of areas.
| Fishing Point | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2283, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 44.8%. Meanwhile, 21.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national average.
21.6% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fishing Point, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are dominated by couples, as one-parent families make up only 8.6%. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.6% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Fishing Point splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Fishing Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11529/fishing-point/topic/family-households