2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dobies Bight · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dobies Bight
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Dobies Bight than in most similar areas, with 32.4% of households consisting of just one person. This makes the area stand out compared to the rest of the state and country, despite a typical home size that is about the same as the national figure.
2.7
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- 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 Dobies Bight — higher than 71% of areas.
| Dobies Bight | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2470, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home has 2.7 people, there is a high number of single-person households at 32.4%, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 43.2% of the area.
32.4% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dobies Bight, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.8% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dobies Bight, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Dobies Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11264/dobies-bight/topic/family-households