2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dungog · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dungog
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Dungog than in most similar areas. This trend helps explain why households are typically smaller here, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Dungog — lower than 76% of areas.
| Dungog | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2420, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.1% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Most homes contain either one or two people, which is why the area's typical household size is a little below the New South Wales figure.
36.1% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dungog splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 45% and couples without children at 35.8%.
18.2% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dungog, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11323/dungog/topic/family-households