2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fordwich · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fordwich
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than the national average defines the living patterns in Fordwich, where the typical household holds just 2.3 people. This smaller home size is a key feature of the area, contrasting with the wider state and national trends.
2.3
—
- 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 Fordwich — lower than 71% of areas.
| Fordwich | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here are small, with 44.8% containing just two people. This helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. About 24.1% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the state average.
24.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fordwich, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 54.8%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 9.7% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fordwich, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Fordwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11544/fordwich/topic/family-households