2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dirty Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dirty Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 44% of people live alone in Dirty Creek, which is far above the national figure. This creates a bit of a contrast in the area, as homes generally hold more people than the typical Australian household.
2.9
—
- 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 Dirty Creek — higher than 81% of areas.
| Dirty Creek | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2456, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds 2.9 people, a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. While 43.8% of households are single-person, others are larger, with 12.5% of homes housing five people.
43.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dirty Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.7% of the total, which is far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.1%.
25.7% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dirty Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Dirty Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11263/dirty-creek/topic/family-households