2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dum Dum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dum Dum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Dum Dum, making it stand out among similar areas. Most of the small community lives in couples or family groups, with the typical home holding about 2.4 people.
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 Dum Dum — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dum Dum | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 7.1% of people live alone here, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households consist of two people, making up 57.1% of the total.
7.1% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dum Dum, 2 people is the majority at 65%; 3 people is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 53.3%, while one-parent families make up 14.1%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.1% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dum Dum, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Dum Dum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11307/dum-dum/topic/family-households