2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dawes Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dawes Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all households in Dawes Point consist of couples without children. This small area is characterised by small living arrangements, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Dawes Point — lower than 81% of areas.
| Dawes Point | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2000, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 52.9% of all households. This helps explain why the number of people per home is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
25.9% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dawes Point, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children dominate the family landscape at 57.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 5.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
5.4% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dawes Point, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Dawes Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11224/dawes-point/topic/family-households