2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fosters Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fosters Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 14.3% of people in Fosters Valley live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. This means the area is dominated by shared living arrangements. Most homes here are occupied by couples or larger family groups.
2.7
→ 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 Fosters Valley — higher than 71% of areas.
| Fosters Valley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Half of all households consist of two people, while 17.9% are quite large with six or more residents. This helps explain why the typical home has 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas.
14.3% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fosters Valley, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 6 or more is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.3% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Fosters Valley splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Fosters Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11555/fosters-valley/topic/family-households