2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dungowan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dungowan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 63% of families in Dungowan are couples with children, making it an area where larger households are common. The community is defined by a high proportion of family units and far fewer people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Dungowan — higher than 76% of areas.
| Dungowan | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Dungowan typically hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that only 16.9% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.9% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dungowan, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 63.3%. One-parent families account for 10.0% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
10.0% ▲ +67.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dungowan, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Dungowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11324/dungowan/topic/family-households