Dunolly · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dunolly

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all homes in Dunolly are occupied by just one person. This creates a unique community profile where small households are the norm and single-person living is far more common than in the rest of the state.

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Where Dunolly sits — Average household size

1.9 → 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 Dunolly — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Dunolly1.9
3472, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households make up 45.5% of the area, a figure far above the 25.9% seen across Victoria. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in Dunolly holds only 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

1.9 → 0.0%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

45.5% ▼ -1.0%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 46.0%
  • 2016: 43.8%
  • 2021: 45.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Dunolly, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (9%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families represent 25.6% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% national average. Other common family types include couples without children at 38.4% and those with children at 34.8%.

25.6% ▲ +59.9%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.0%
  • 2016: 20.7%
  • 2021: 25.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Dunolly splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (38%) and Couples with children (34%), with One-parent families at 25%.

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 Dunolly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20813/dunolly/topic/family-households