2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Docker · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Docker
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 34.2% of people in Docker live alone, which is well above the national figure. While many residents live solo, the area also has a strong presence of families with children. Overall, the typical home size is about the same as the rest of Australia.
2.4
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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 Docker — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 34.2% of households consisting of one person. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian average of 2.5.
34.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Docker, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of the families here are couples with children, making up 51.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.7%, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
11.7% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Docker, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Docker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20764/docker/topic/family-households