2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalyston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dalyston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Dalyston than in most other similar areas, with 29.3% of households consisting of just one person. This trend means the typical home here is smaller than those in the state and national averages, with only 2.3 people per dwelling.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Dalyston — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.3% of homes are occupied by one person, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39% of all homes in the area.
29.3% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalyston, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.9% of families, while one-parent families represent 15.1%. This last group is a little above the state average of 13.3% and higher than in most similar areas.
15.1% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalyston, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Dalyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20706/dalyston/topic/family-households