2.5 —
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dubbo Regional · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Dubbo Regional
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of one-parent families shapes the daily life of Dubbo Regional, where 17.6% of families fall into this category. While most homes house about 2.5 people, there is a notable variety in household types across the region.
2.5
—
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Dubbo Regional — higher than 71% of areas.
| Dubbo Regional | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dubbo Regional holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 27.3% of households consist of people living alone, a rate a little above the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
27.3% —
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dubbo Regional, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. More than half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 54.0% of the total.
17.6% —
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dubbo Regional, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Dubbo Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12390/dubbo-regional/topic/family-households