2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairhaven · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairhaven
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define the daily life of Fairhaven, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia, reflecting a community where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just two people.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Fairhaven — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 44.4%, while those living alone make up 24.4%. This is a little below the national figure of 25.6% for people living alone.
24.4% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fairhaven, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families, but one-parent families are rare at 5.1%. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
5.1% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Fairhaven splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Fairhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20902/fairhaven/topic/family-households