Dyers Crossing · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dyers Crossing

How families and households are made up across the area.

Typical household patterns in Dyers Crossing are around the middle for its level, with a balance of small and medium sized homes. Two-person households are the most common, making up 44.7% of the area.

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📍 Dyers Crossing, Suburb / Locality

Where Dyers Crossing sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Dyers Crossing — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Dyers Crossing2.5
2429, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 24.2% of people live alone, a result that sits around the middle for similar areas.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

24.2% ▲ +41.0%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 30.3%
  • 2021: 24.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Dyers Crossing, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 42.2%, followed closely by couples with children at 40.4%. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the area, which is higher than most similar places.

13.3% ▲ +20.4%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.1%
  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Dyers Crossing splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.

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 Dyers Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11341/dyers-crossing/topic/family-households