2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dapto · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dapto
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the national figure defines the domestic landscape in Dapto. While typical household sizes here match the rest of the country, the local family mix is distinct. One in five families is led by a single parent, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian averages.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Dapto — higher than 50% of areas.
| Dapto | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2530, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dapto holds 2.5 people, a figure about the same as the state and national averages. About a quarter of all households consist of one person, which is consistent with figures seen across Australia.
25.0% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dapto, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, but there is a notable gap in family types. At 18.6%, one-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting well above the 14.1% national average.
18.6% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dapto, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Dapto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11203/dapto/topic/family-households