2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dubbo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dubbo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Dubbo than in 2011, while the number of people per home has edged up to 2.5. This reflects a slight shift in how the community is housed, with more people sharing spaces. Family life remains central to the area, though single-parent households are notably more common here than in other parts of the country.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Dubbo — higher than 64% of areas.
| Dubbo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2830, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dubbo holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 28.3% of households consist of one person—a figure well above the New South Wales average—this is a drop from 30.9% in 2011.
28.3% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dubbo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. Most families are couples with children (53.6%), while couples without children account for 26.4%.
18.8% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dubbo, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112006/dubbo/topic/family-households