2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dunoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Dunoon compared to the national figure, where 25.6% of households are single-person dwellings. Most homes here are occupied by families, with a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the Australian average.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Dunoon — higher than 57% of areas.
| Dunoon | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national average of 25.6%. The most common home size is two people (33.3%), though 19.4% of households contain four people.
22.2% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunoon, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.4%. One-parent families account for 11.2%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
11.2% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunoon, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11328/dunoon/topic/family-households