2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumbalk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dumbalk
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people now live alone in Dumbalk than in most similar areas, with 35.7% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a distinct pattern where smaller living arrangements are common, contributing to a typical household size that is smaller than the national average.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Dumbalk — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than across Australia, where the figure is 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Dumbalk holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
35.7% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dumbalk splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families, while couples without children account for 35.3%. One-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +65.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dumbalk, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Dumbalk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20804/dumbalk/topic/family-households