2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunkeld · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dunkeld
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 33% of all households in Dunkeld are people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This contributes to a smaller typical household size for the area. Most homes here are occupied by one or two people.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Dunkeld — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Dunkeld are smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5 people.
33.0% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunkeld, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 7.8%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.8% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunkeld, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Dunkeld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20809/dunkeld/topic/family-households