2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fairy Bower · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fairy Bower
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Fairy Bower than in most other areas, creating a community where the vast majority of residents share their homes. With a typical household size of 2.5 people, it mirrors the state and national figures while remaining heavily focused on family living.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Fairy Bower — higher than 50% of areas.
| Fairy Bower | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4700, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.3% of residents live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7% and the Australian average of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 42.9% of households containing two people and 19% containing four.
14.3% ▲ +85.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fairy Bower, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
No one-parent families live here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. The area is dominated by couples, with 47.4% raising children and 44.9% living without them.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Fairy Bower splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (45%), with Other families at 8%.
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 Fairy Bower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31016/fairy-bower/topic/family-households