2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fingal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fingal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Fingal than in most other areas, with only 14.8% of households being single-person homes. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents share their living space, mostly as couples or families.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Fingal — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 55.9% of all households. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.8% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fingal, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 50.4%. Single-parent families are well below the national figure, accounting for just 6.7% of the total.
6.7% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fingal, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 43%.
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 Fingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20920/fingal/topic/family-households