2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drysdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Drysdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are sharing each roof in Drysdale compared to the national average. The area is mostly made up of couples and single residents, with a typical home holding 2.3 people.
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 Drysdale — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.9% of people in Drysdale live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the usual household size of 2.3 people is lower than most areas.
27.9% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Drysdale, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drysdale, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Drysdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20802/drysdale/topic/family-households