2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumaresq · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dumaresq
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living alone is far more common in Dumaresq than in other parts of the country. While most homes contain a few people, 37% of the population live by themselves, which is well above the national figure.
2.5
—
- 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 Dumaresq — higher than 50% of areas.
| Dumaresq | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, matching the Australian average. However, a high 37% of households are single-person homes, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
37.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dumaresq splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 65% of the group. Only 8.3% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dumaresq, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Dumaresq [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11308/dumaresq/topic/family-households