2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Dorrigo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Dorrigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in North Dorrigo than in most similar areas. The typical household here is small, with nearly half of all homes containing only two people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 North Dorrigo — lower than 81% of areas.
| North Dorrigo | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2453, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 47% of homes housing two people and 25.3% of residents living alone. This means the typical home has 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
25.3% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Dorrigo, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families are couples without children, and 38.7% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Dorrigo, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 North Dorrigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12999/north-dorrigo/topic/family-households