2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunach · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes define daily life in Dunach, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high number of small households and a low proportion of single-parent families.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dunach — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
About 26.5% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.2% of the total.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
26.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Dunach, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (21%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.1% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with and without children are equally common, each accounting for 48.4% of families.
8.1% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Dunach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Dunach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20807/dunach/topic/family-households