3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doreen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Doreen
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Doreen holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This area is far more likely to be home to larger groups than most other places. This is driven by a very high number of families with children and a small number of people living by themselves.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Doreen — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 14.2% of people living alone, the number of single-person homes is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. Most households are larger, with 25.2% containing four people and 10.5% holding five.
14.2% ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Doreen splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.0% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.4%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
13.4% ▲ +50.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doreen, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Doreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20779/doreen/topic/family-households