3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dover Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dover Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become the norm in Dover Heights, with an average of 3.0 people per home. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community where family living is very common.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Dover Heights — higher than 86% of areas.
| Dover Heights | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2030, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 3.0 people per home. This is reflected in the fact that only 15.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
15.3% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dover Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.1% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dover Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Dover Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11286/dover-heights/topic/family-households