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Family & Households in Dawson

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Dawson, where the typical home holds just 1.9 people. This is well below the national and state figures of 2.5, reflecting a local landscape dominated by couples rather than large family groups.

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📍 Dawson, Suburb / Locality

Where Dawson sits — Average household size

1.9 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dawson — lower than 89% of areas.

Dawson1.9
3858, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 1.9 people per home, households here are much smaller than in most other areas. This figure is well below the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5 people.

Average household size

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1.9 —

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Dawson splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).

1 person 36.8% 2 people 36.8%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, a figure far below the national rate of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 69.2% having no children and 50% having children.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Dawson, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 42%.

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 Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20720/dawson/topic/family-households