2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fernbank · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fernbank
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Fernbank are couples with children, reflecting a strong family presence in the area. With a typical home holding 2.6 people, the community is slightly larger than the Victorian and national figures.
2.6
→ 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 Fernbank — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 40% of all households. Only 21.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.4% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fernbank, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.3% of families, while couples without children account for 32.2%. One-parent families represent 14.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.8% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fernbank, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Fernbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20913/fernbank/topic/family-households