3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Ashfield than in the rest of the country. This is a place where most households are large, with a typical home holding 3.1 people.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 Ashfield — higher than 88% of areas.
| Ashfield | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual household size of 3.1 is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. Only 10.4% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.4% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ashfield, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 69.2%. One-parent families account for 7.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.5% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashfield, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30091/ashfield/topic/family-households