2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dewhurst · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dewhurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dewhurst than in most similar areas, with only 12.5% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area a strong hub for multi-person households, where the typical home holds 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +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 Dewhurst — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes here house two people, while 39.6% contain three or four residents. This high proportion of multi-person homes means the 12.5% of people living alone is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.5% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dewhurst, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.2%, while those without children account for 38.8%. Only 8.3% are one-parent families, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
8.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dewhurst, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Dewhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20750/dewhurst/topic/family-households