2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drumcondra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Drumcondra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 58.4% of families in Drumcondra, the most common family type here. This small area has a family-focused feel, with a much lower rate of single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Drumcondra — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. People living alone make up 21.5% of households, a rate well below both the Victorian and Australian figures.
21.5% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Drumcondra, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for only 4.5% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.5% ▼ -60.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drumcondra, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Drumcondra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20796/drumcondra/topic/family-households