2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doveton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Doveton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Doveton are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area typically has more people per home than most other areas, though this figure has stayed steady at 2.7 since 2011.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Doveton — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. About 27% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
27.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Doveton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the total, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. While this is much higher than in most areas, the proportion has actually fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
20.2% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doveton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Doveton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212021295/doveton/topic/family-households