2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dundas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dundas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Dundas, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 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 Dundas — higher than 76% of areas.
| Dundas | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2117, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.0% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. These smaller households are offset by larger ones, with 20.5% of homes housing four people and 7.8% holding five.
19.0% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dundas, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with couples with children making up 68.1% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dundas, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Dundas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11315/dundas/topic/family-households