2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Fairy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Port Fairy, representing 51% of all families. The area has a high proportion of single-person homes and smaller households compared to the rest of the country. This creates a mix of family homes and smaller dwellings across the town.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Port Fairy — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 40.8%, while 29.9% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure. Because of this, the typical home in Port Fairy has 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
29.9% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Fairy, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.9% of the total, which is a little below the Victorian average and well below the national figure. Other families represent a very small slice of the community at just 0.8%.
10.9% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Fairy, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22105/port-fairy/topic/family-households