2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Double Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Double Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 34% of people in Double Bay live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This creates a community where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Double Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Double Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2028, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The area has a much higher share of one-person homes than most other areas. Two-person households are the most common at 39.6%, while only 2.6% of homes hold five or more people.
34.1% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Double Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.7% of families, while those without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families make up 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.2% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Double Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Double Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11283/double-bay/topic/family-households