2.1 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fingal · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Fingal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of the families in Fingal are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has seen a shift toward smaller living arrangements, with the typical home now holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -22.2%
- 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 — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person households have jumped to 36.6%, a figure far above the national mark of 25.6%. This rise in people living alone helps explain why the usual number of people per home has fallen from 2.7 in 2011 to 2.1 today.
36.6% ▲ +99.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fingal splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fingal, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622008/fingal/topic/family-households