2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dooen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dooen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dooen than in most similar areas. This small community is dominated by family groups, with 2.6 people living in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
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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 Dooen — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.5% of households consist of a single person, a figure far below the 25.6% national average. Most homes are occupied by two people (44.9%), while 18% have four residents.
13.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dooen, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up over half the area (54.0%). One-parent families account for 8.0% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dooen, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Dooen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20776/dooen/topic/family-households