1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doctors Gap · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Doctors Gap
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than two people live in the typical home in Doctors Gap, making it a place with very small households. This is a striking contrast to the rest of the country where homes are usually much larger.
1.8
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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 Doctors Gap — lower than 91% of areas.
| Doctors Gap | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 1.8 people per home, Doctors Gap has some of the lowest household sizes of any similar area. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Doctors Gap, 1 person is the majority at 73%; 2 people is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples with children at 63%, ahead of Couples without children (56%).
Family composition
View on map →In Doctors Gap, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 47%.
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 Doctors Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11266/doctors-gap/topic/family-households