2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dawson · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Dawson
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone is the main shift for Dawson, where this group rose to 25.9% in 2021. This area generally reflects national patterns, with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Dawson — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dawson | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Over the last decade, the number of people living alone rose by 4.4 percentage points to 25.9%, while two-person households are the most common at 36.5%.
25.9% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dawson, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 54.3%. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, a figure that has risen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011 and sits about the same as the state and national levels.
14.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dawson, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED306/dawson/topic/family-households