2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunoon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dunoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of single-person homes has shaped the shift in Dunoon (L) since 2011. While the typical home still holds 2.7 people, this is much higher than most areas. Most households are headed by couples with children, making up 65.5% of the local mix.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Dunoon — higher than 76% of areas.
| Dunoon | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, though the average size edged down from 2.9 people in 2011 to 2.7 today. The number of people living alone rose 5.4 points since 2011 and now sits at 23.7%, which is lower than most areas.
23.7% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunoon, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 65.5%. One-parent families now make up 13.4% of the total, a figure that rose 5.3 points since 2011 but remains about the same as the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +66.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunoon, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121033/dunoon/topic/family-households