2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dereel · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dereel
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Dereel have remained largely steady over the last decade. The area is primarily made up of family homes, with more than half of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Dereel — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Household sizes in Dereel are typical for the country, with an average of 2.5 people per home. About 26% of residents live alone, while the most common arrangement is a two-person household at 39.5%.
25.9% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dereel, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.8% of families here. One-parent families represent 14.4% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
14.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dereel, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Dereel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20741/dereel/topic/family-households