2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dignams Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dignams Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Dignams Creek become an area where many residents now live alone. While most homes still house couples, the typical household is much smaller than the national figure, with only 2.0 people per home.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Dignams Creek — lower than 86% of areas.
| Dignams Creek | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2546, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than in the rest of Australia, making up 36.1% of homes. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.0 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
36.1% ▲ +54.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dignams Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 people (47%) and 1 person (43%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.7% of the area, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 58.5% having children and 41.5% without.
5.7% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dignams Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Dignams Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11257/dignams-creek/topic/family-households