2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dales Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dales Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Dales Creek than in most similar areas. This community is largely made up of families, with 67.4% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dales Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 22.3% of people live alone, a rate well below both the state and national averages.
22.3% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dales Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 67.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 8.3% of the total, which is much lower than the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.3% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dales Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20701/dales-creek/topic/family-households