2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fish Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fish Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Fish Creek are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there is a notable number of residents living on their own. This mix of family sizes reflects a community that balances traditional family life with a significant number of single-person homes.
2.4
→ 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 Fish Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 26.7% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 41.8% of all households.
26.7% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fish Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages. Couples without children also represent a large portion of the community at 37.4%.
7.8% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fish Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Fish Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20921/fish-creek/topic/family-households