2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drung · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Drung
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shrinking average household size marks the recent trend in Drung, where the typical home now holds just 2.3 people. This is lower than the national figure of 2.5. The area is increasingly defined by smaller living arrangements and a notable number of people living on their own.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Drung — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 29% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why households in Drung are smaller than most areas, with 36.5% of homes housing only two people.
28.8% ▲ +64.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Drung, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families here, while one-parent families account for 10.9%. This last figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.9% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drung, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Drung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20800/drung/topic/family-households