2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dorrigo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dorrigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of homes in Dorrigo are occupied by just one person, the largest household group in the area. This makes it a place where small households are the norm, with a typical home holding only two people.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Dorrigo — lower than 86% of areas.
| Dorrigo | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2453, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the 38.7% of people living alone, a rate far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
38.7% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dorrigo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 16.8% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
16.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dorrigo, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Dorrigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11280/dorrigo/topic/family-households