2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dondingalong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dondingalong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Dondingalong consist of couples with children, making it a family-oriented area. The community has a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Dondingalong — higher than 50% of areas.
| Dondingalong | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.8% of people here live alone, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 37.5% of all households.
22.8% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dondingalong, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children represent 54.1% of families, while 33.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dondingalong, 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 Dondingalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11274/dondingalong/topic/family-households