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New South Wales · SA2 127021515

What's going on in Fairfield

Population 18,248 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#3 of 623 in New South Wales

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (70.4%)

Rank 2

#4 of 623 in New South Wales

for Unemployment rate (12.1%)

Rank 3

#28 of 623 in New South Wales

for % of households renting (58.1%)

The three dimensions where Fairfield picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,087 / week
#593 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
40 years
#321 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
58.1%
#28 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
12.1%
#4 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
1.10
#58 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Fairfield's sharpest rank is for % of adults with no post-school qualification. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #29 · one rank above Elizabeth South Australia ↓ #31 · one rank below Logan Central Queensland

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.