2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dimboola · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dimboola
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in Dimboola, representing 43.9% of families. However, the area is notable for a very high number of people living alone. This shift means the typical home in Dimboola holds fewer people than is usual for the state or nation.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Dimboola — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37% of people live alone, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Because of this, the typical home in Dimboola has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most similar areas.
37.0% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dimboola splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 40.7% of families are couples without children, while 14% are one-parent families. This last figure is higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.0% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Dimboola splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Dimboola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20756/dimboola/topic/family-households