Dry Plain · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dry Plain

How families and households are made up across the area.

No one-parent families live in Dry Plain, making it a rare outlier compared to the rest of the country. This small community is mostly made up of couples, though homes here typically hold fewer people than the national average.

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Where Dry Plain sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Dry Plain — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Dry Plain2.1
2630, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Dry Plain are smaller than usual, with 2.1 people per home. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Dry Plain, 2 people is the majority at 65%; 4 people is next at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 75.9%, followed by couples with children at 31.0%. The total lack of one-parent families is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Dry Plain, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Dry Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11298/dry-plain/topic/family-households