Fisher · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Fisher

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all homes in Fisher are occupied by just one person. This makes the area far more likely to have single-person households than most other parts of the state, resulting in a very low typical number of people per home.

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📍 Fisher, Suburb / Locality

Where Fisher sits — Average household size

1.6
  • 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 Fisher — lower than 97% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Fisher1.6
5354, SA 1.7
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households make up 54.5% of the total, a figure far above the South Australian average of 28.5%. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in Fisher has only 1.6 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

1.6

Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 1.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

54.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 60.7%
  • 2021: 54.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Fisher, 1 person is the majority at 63%; 2 people is next at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The most common family composition is Couples without children at 44%, ahead of Couples with children (19%).

Family composition

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In Fisher, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with 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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40440/fisher/topic/family-households