2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darnum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darnum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost three people per home make Darnum a place with larger households than most. This trend is driven by a high number of families with children and very few people living by themselves.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Darnum — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Only 16.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.3% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darnum, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, with 63.3% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darnum, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Darnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20715/darnum/topic/family-households