2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dee Why · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dee Why
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements define daily life in Dee Why, where nearly 30% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, contributing to a smaller typical household size than most other areas.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Dee Why — lower than 71% of areas.
| Dee Why | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2099, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dee Why holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Two-person households are the most common at 36.5%, while 29.5% of residents live alone.
29.5% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dee Why, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, making up 52.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.8%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.8% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dee Why, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Dee Why [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11229/dee-why/topic/family-households