2.6 ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dhurringile · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dhurringile
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the national figure, Dhurringile sees an average of 2.6 people per home. Most households are family-based, with a high number of couples raising children together.
2.6
▼ -23.5%
- 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 Dhurringile — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 23.2% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
23.2% ▲ +70.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dhurringile, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.0%, which is higher than most similar areas but slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
13.0% ▲ +32.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dhurringile, 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 Dhurringile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20751/dhurringile/topic/family-households