2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darlington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Darlington are occupied by just one person. This creates a very small average household size compared to the rest of the state, with the typical home containing only 2.0 people.
2.0
—
- 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 Darlington — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 42.9% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the Victorian figure of 25.9% and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
42.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Darlington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Most families are couples without children, who account for 59.2% of the group.
18.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darlington, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20714/darlington/topic/family-households