2.1 ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fingal Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Fingal Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Fingal Bay are couples without children, making this the most common household type. This trend towards smaller groups is clear, with the typical home now holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -25.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Fingal Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Fingal Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2315, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen 13 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size has fallen from 2.8 to 2.1 people over the last decade.
29.9% ▲ +82.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fingal Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 54.2% of families, while 32.5% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 12.6%, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
12.6% ▲ +62.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fingal Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Fingal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115058/fingal-bay/topic/family-households