2.4 ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalgety · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dalgety
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dalgety compared to the state or national average. This is a place where families are common, with a typical home holding about 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +14.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dalgety — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dalgety | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2628, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.9% of homes are occupied by one person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 43.2% of the area.
18.9% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalgety, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large 56.2% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
6.7% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalgety, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Dalgety [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11191/dalgety/topic/family-households