2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dubbo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dubbo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Dubbo consist of couples with children, making this the most common home setup. While the typical household size matches national figures, there is a notably high number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
→ 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 Dubbo — higher than 50% of areas.
| Dubbo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2830, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.9% of residents in Dubbo live alone, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people, though the typical size of 2.5 people per home is about the same as across Australia.
26.9% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dubbo, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and national averages. Other family types include couples without children, who account for 26.7% of households.
17.4% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dubbo, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11299/dubbo/topic/family-households