2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Douglas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is a striking feature of Douglas, where the vast majority of households are built around couples. Most homes are larger than the usual Australian dwelling, with over 30% containing four people.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Douglas — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 19.2% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.2% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Douglas splits fairly evenly between 4 people (40%) and 2 people (35%), with 1 person at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.5% of families, while those without children account for 39.3%. The proportion of one-parent families is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Douglas, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20782/douglas/topic/family-households