3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dallas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dallas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Dallas, where 3.1 people live in the typical home. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high proportion of families and fewer people living by themselves.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Dallas — higher than 88% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 21% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. This helps explain why household sizes are among the highest for similar areas, with 11.7% of homes holding six or more people.
21.0% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dallas splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (21%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 65.8% of the total.
20.2% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dallas, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families 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 Dallas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20702/dallas/topic/family-households