2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fisher
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone than in most similar areas defines Fisher. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the national figure, nearly 28% of households consist of just one person.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 — higher than 50% of areas.
| Fisher | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2611 crosses ACT/NSW | 2.6 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.6% of people in Fisher live alone, which is a little above the 25.7% seen across the ACT. The most common household size is two people, making up 30.8% of all homes.
27.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fisher splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 63.2%. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
11.7% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fisher, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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/SAL80053/fisher/topic/family-households