2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Fairfield than in the rest of the state or country. This suburb is mostly made up of family homes, where the typical household size mirrors the national figure of 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Fairfield — higher than 50% of areas.
| Fairfield | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4103, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About a quarter of residents live alone, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35% of all homes.
24.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fairfield, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57%. One-parent families account for 10.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
10.5% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fairfield, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31014/fairfield/topic/family-households