3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fountaindale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fountaindale
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between Fountaindale and the national average, with homes here being far larger and more crowded than usual. Most households are families with children, meaning very few people live by themselves in this area.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Fountaindale — higher than 89% of areas.
| Fountaindale | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2258, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, Fountaindale has a much higher occupancy than the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 7.3%, which is far below the national average of 25.6%.
7.3% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fountaindale, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68.9% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, accounting for only 5.6%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.6% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fountaindale, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Fountaindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11557/fountaindale/topic/family-households