Duramana · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Duramana

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live on their own in Duramana compared to most other areas. The typical home here holds 2.7 people, reflecting a community where shared living is the norm and single-person households are rare.

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📍 Duramana, Suburb / Locality

Where Duramana sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Duramana — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Duramana2.7
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 13.8% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This is reflected in the home sizes, with nearly half of all households consisting of two people.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.8%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Duramana, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is dominated by couples, with 57.7% raising children and 34.6% without. This helps explain why one-parent families make up just 5.3% of the total, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.

5.3%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Duramana, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Duramana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11333/duramana/topic/family-households