2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dripstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dripstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Dripstone consist of two people, making it the most common living arrangement. This creates a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
—
- 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 Dripstone — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dripstone | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2820, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people, and the typical household size of 2.4 is about the same as the state and national figures.
15.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dripstone, 2 people is the majority at 65%; 1 person is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.2% of families, followed by couples without children at 38.5%. One-parent families account for 13.5%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dripstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Dripstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11295/dripstone/topic/family-households