2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dartmouth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dartmouth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Dartmouth than in the rest of the state. The area is defined by small households, with 34.1% of residents living alone, which is well above the national figure.
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 Dartmouth — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This helps explain why 34.1% of people live alone, a figure much higher than most other areas.
34.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dartmouth, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 44%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 56.5%. Only 8.1% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
8.1% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dartmouth, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Dartmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20719/dartmouth/topic/family-households