2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dandenong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dandenong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are common in Dandenong compared to most other areas. This is a place where homes often hold more people, with 2.8 people per home on average, well above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Dandenong — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is more crowded than most, though 27.3% of households consist of just one person. This is a little above the 25.6% national figure for people living alone.
27.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dandenong splits fairly evenly between 1 person (27%) and 2 people (26%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 61.4% of the group.
17.1% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dandenong, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20707/dandenong/topic/family-households