3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Douglas Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Douglas Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower percentage of people live alone in Douglas Park compared to the national figure. This is a place where large households are common, with 3.1 people per home, which is among the highest for similar areas.
3.1
→ 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 Douglas Park — higher than 88% of areas.
| Douglas Park | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2569, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15% of people live alone here, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 31.6% of households containing two people and 19.9% containing four.
15.0% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Douglas Park, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.5%. One-parent families account for 8.2%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.2% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Douglas Park, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Douglas Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11285/douglas-park/topic/family-households