2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dixie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dixie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dixie than in most other areas, with a very low 6.1% of households consisting of just one person. This makes for a place where homes are typically fuller and more likely to be shared than across the rest of the state.
2.8
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- 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 Dixie — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Almost half of all homes house two people, while 16.3% contain four people.
6.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dixie, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Dixie are couples with children, making up 64.6% of the total. The proportion of one-parent families is just 5.4%, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian figures.
5.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dixie, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Dixie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20761/dixie/topic/family-households