2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunlop · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Dunlop
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Dunlop than in most other areas, creating a neighbourhood where large households are the norm. With 2.9 people per home, the area is much more crowded than the typical Australian or ACT household.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Dunlop — higher than 86% of areas.
| Dunlop | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at only 16.7%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than usual, though the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
16.7% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunlop, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67.5%. One-parent families represent 13.7% of the mix, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits a little above the ACT average.
13.7% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunlop, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Dunlop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011006/dunlop/topic/family-households