2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dalton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Dalton include children, making it a place where family life is central. The area is defined by a strong presence of couples with children, while one-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Dalton — higher than 57% of areas.
| Dalton | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2581, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dalton holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly more than the national figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most frequent at 35.4%, while 22.8% of residents live alone.
22.8% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalton, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales rate of 14%. Couples with children form the largest group at 49.7%.
16.8% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalton, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Dalton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11195/dalton/topic/family-households