2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Don Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Don Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and bigger households define Don Valley, where the typical residence holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Don Valley — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Don Valley sits a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the low number of single-person households, at 18.1%, which is well below the national average of 25.6%.
18.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Don Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 59.8%. One-parent families account for 12.1%, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
12.1% ▲ +206.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Don Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Don Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20769/don-valley/topic/family-households