2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunbogan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dunbogan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Dunbogan, where just 2.0 people typically live in each home. This figure is well below the New South Wales average of 2.6, reflecting a community where most residents live in pairs or alone.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Dunbogan — lower than 86% of areas.
| Dunbogan | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2443, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. This helps explain why the area has much smaller households than most, with 53.7% of homes housing just two people.
28.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunbogan, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 59.7%. One-parent families make up 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.8% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunbogan, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with 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 Dunbogan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11313/dunbogan/topic/family-households