2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fryerstown · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person homes are the most common arrangement in Fryerstown, where 41.8% of households consist of just a couple. The area has a smaller typical household size than most other regions, reflecting a mix of couples and people living on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Fryerstown — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly smaller than the state and national figures, with 2.2 people per house. This is partly because 27.6% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national rate of 25.6%.
2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Fryerstown, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while those without children account for 42.9%. One-parent families represent 10.4% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Fryerstown splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Fryerstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20955/fryerstown/topic/family-households