3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fernvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fernvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people per home is typical for Fernvale, which is much higher than most similar areas. This suggests a place where large households are the norm, driven by a high number of families with children.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Fernvale — higher than 86% of areas.
| Fernvale | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4306, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 3.0 people live in the typical home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 16.1%, well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
16.1% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fernvale, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 15.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.5% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fernvale, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31030/fernvale/topic/family-households