2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doveton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Doveton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Six in ten households in Doveton are couples with children. This makes it a family-heavy area where homes are slightly more crowded than the national figure, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Doveton — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Doveton holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 26.3% of the population live alone, a figure that is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
26.3% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Doveton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
20.5% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doveton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Doveton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20783/doveton/topic/family-households