2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dandenong North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Dandenong North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.7% of families in Dandenong North, the largest family group in the area. This is a place where homes are generally larger than the national figure, with typical households containing 2.8 people.
2.8
→ 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 Dandenong North — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with fewer people living alone compared to the state, at 21.3%.
21.3% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dandenong North, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
16.5% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dandenong North, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children 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 Dandenong North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212041312/dandenong-north/topic/family-households