2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Fairy · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Port Fairy
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Port Fairy live alone, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where smaller households are common, though half of all families here still include children.
2.3
→ 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 Port Fairy — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and sits slightly below the Victorian average. Two-person households are the most common at 41.3%, while 30.7% of residents live by themselves.
30.7% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Fairy, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, and 38% are couples without. One-parent families make up 10.9% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
10.9% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Fairy, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215069/port-fairy/topic/family-households