2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Duchembegarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Duchembegarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of one-parent families than most areas marks the social makeup of Duchembegarra. While typical homes here hold 2.5 people, the local family structure differs significantly from the state and national patterns.
2.5
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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 Duchembegarra — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 18.2% of households being single-person, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. The most common home size is two people, making up 40.9% of all households.
18.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Duchembegarra, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the community, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. This is a key feature of the local landscape, alongside the 65% of families consisting of couples with children.
17.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Duchembegarra, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Duchembegarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20803/duchembegarra/topic/family-households