2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dowerin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Dowerin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Dowerin than in previous years, with this trend contributing to smaller overall household sizes. This shift is most evident in the 36% of homes occupied by a single person, a figure far above the national average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Dowerin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Dowerin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6465, WA | 1.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. This smaller size is driven by a high number of single-person households, making up 36% of the area.
36.0% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dowerin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children, while couples without children make up 36.8%. One-parent families account for 12.2% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
12.2% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dowerin, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021238/dowerin/topic/family-households