2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dareton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dareton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of people in Dareton live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means Dareton has a smaller typical household size than most other areas.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Dareton — lower than 76% of areas.
| Dareton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2717, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.2 people per home, Dareton is a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6. Single-person households make up 40% of the area, which is among the highest for similar places.
40.0% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dareton, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.9% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This is a significant portion of the local family mix, alongside couples without children at 34.6% and couples with children at 32.7%.
30.9% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Dareton splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (34%) and Couples with children (32%), with One-parent families at 31%.
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 Dareton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11207/dareton/topic/family-households