2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fishermans Paradise · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Fishermans Paradise
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small changes have shifted the home life of Fishermans Paradise since 2011, most notably as more people now live alone. The area is defined by smaller households, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Fishermans Paradise — lower than 64% of areas.
| Fishermans Paradise | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2539, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.2 people is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
30.1% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fishermans Paradise, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the area, which is well above the national figure. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, though the rate has barely changed over the last decade.
17.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Fishermans Paradise splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Fishermans Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122058/fishermans-paradise/topic/family-households