2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairy Dell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairy Dell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements define daily life in Fairy Dell, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is higher than most areas, reflecting a community where very few people live on their own.
2.9
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- 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 Fairy Dell — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.4% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% national average. Most homes are shared, with 37.1% housing two people and about 11% containing five or more residents.
11.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fairy Dell, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (13%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Victorian figure.
13.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairy Dell, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Fairy Dell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20904/fairy-dell/topic/family-households