2.7 ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doyalson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Doyalson
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Doyalson than in most similar areas, with 30.8% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a mixed domestic landscape where many single-person homes sit alongside a large number of families with children.
2.7
▼ -12.9%
- 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 Doyalson — higher than 71% of areas.
| Doyalson | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2262, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. However, 30.8% of households are single-person homes, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
30.8% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Doyalson splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (27%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.3% of the total, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
23.3% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doyalson, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Doyalson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11288/doyalson/topic/family-households