2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dubbo · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Dubbo
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families are much more common in Dubbo than in most similar areas, making up 17.6% of the total. This reflects a local family landscape that differs notably from state and national patterns. Most households here consist of two people, and the typical home size has remained steady for a decade.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Dubbo — higher than 57% of areas.
| Dubbo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.2% of people in Dubbo live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. While 34.2% of homes house two people, the overall average of 2.5 people per dwelling is about the same as the national figure.
28.2% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dubbo, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families, while couples without children account for 28.5%. The proportion of one-parent families is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and has stayed relatively stable since 2011.
17.6% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dubbo, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10503/dubbo/topic/family-households