3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dooralong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dooralong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dooralong than in the rest of the country, with only 13.1% of households consisting of one person. This makes for a community where homes are generally crowded, with 3.1 people living in the typical dwelling.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 Dooralong — higher than 88% of areas.
| Dooralong | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This high density is reflected in the breakdown, where 12.1% of households contain six or more people.
13.1% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dooralong, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are headed by couples with children (65.1%), while one-parent families make up only 6.8%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
6.8% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dooralong, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Dooralong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11278/dooralong/topic/family-households