2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doonbah · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are much more common in Doonbah than in the rest of the state. The typical home here holds only two people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of people living on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Doonbah — lower than 86% of areas.
| Doonbah | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2473, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 33.3% of people here live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes are occupied by either two people (53.5%) or one person (33.3%).
2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.3% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Doonbah, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 64%. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common here at 6.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.5% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Doonbah, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Doonbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11276/doonbah/topic/family-households