2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fulham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fulham
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of people living alone than in most areas marks the current household landscape in Fulham. This sparsely populated region sees a typical home hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Fulham — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 31.1% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.4% of all homes.
31.1% ▲ +58.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fulham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has far fewer one-parent families than the national average, at just 6.1%. Most families here are couples, with 71.2% having children.
6.1% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fulham, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Fulham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20956/fulham/topic/family-households