1.8 ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dundas · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Dundas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Dundas are made up of just one person. This makes the area stand out for its very small home sizes, which is a stark contrast to the typical family setups found across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
1.8
▼ -21.7%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Dundas — lower than 99% of areas.
| Dundas | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 49.6% of people in Dundas live alone, a figure that has risen 15 points since 2011. Because so many people live by themselves, the usual home has only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
49.6% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dundas, 1 person is the majority at 50%; 2 people is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.0% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other common setups include couples without children at 39.6% and couples with children at 33.3%.
23.0% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dundas, the largest group is Couples without children at 40%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Dundas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53080/dundas/topic/family-households