2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalmeny · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dalmeny
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Dalmeny, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, reflecting a community with a high number of small living arrangements.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Dalmeny — lower than 81% of areas.
| Dalmeny | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2546, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This explains why homes are smaller here, with nearly half of all households containing just two people.
30.2% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalmeny, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 46.1%. One-parent families account for 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.9% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Dalmeny splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Dalmeny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11192/dalmeny/topic/family-households