2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalrymple · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Dalrymple
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common feature of daily life in Dalrymple, where 2.6 people typically share a home. While family life remains central to the area, the number of people living alone has risen to 24.7% since 2011.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Dalrymple — higher than 57% of areas.
| Dalrymple | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, though the typical number of people per house has edged down from 2.7 in 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36.8% of all homes.
24.7% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalrymple, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form the biggest group at 54.7%, while one-parent families make up 10.8% of the total. This last figure is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages, despite rising 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
10.8% ▲ +44.4%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalrymple, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Dalrymple [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011463/dalrymple/topic/family-households