3.1 ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Douglas Park · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Douglas Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of households in Douglas Park, where 65.4% of families fit this profile. This is a place of large households, with the typical home holding 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure.
3.1
▲ +40.9%
- 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 Douglas Park — higher than 88% of areas.
| Douglas Park | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2569, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Douglas Park are larger than most, with people per home rising from 2.2 in 2011 to 3.1. This shift is reflected in the number of people living alone, which fell 21 points since 2011 to just 13.6%, far below the national figure of 25.6%.
13.6% ▼ -61.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Douglas Park, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.5% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has also fallen over time, dropping 8.9 points since 2011.
8.5% ▼ -51.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Douglas Park, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Douglas Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115054/douglas-park/topic/family-households