2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumaresq Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dumaresq Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone on Dumaresq Island compared to most other areas. This is a place where households are typically shared, with 16% of homes occupied by a single person, well below the national figure of 25.6%.
2.4
→ 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 Dumaresq Island — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dumaresq Island | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36% of all homes.
16.0% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dumaresq Island, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (30%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 55.8% of the total. One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
15.4% ▲ +34.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dumaresq Island, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Dumaresq Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11309/dumaresq-island/topic/family-households