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Dutson · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dutson

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families make up the most striking feature of the household landscape in Dutson. This absence of single-parent homes is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, marking a distinct family structure for the area.

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📍 Dutson, Suburb / Locality

Where Dutson sits — Average household size

2.3 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dutson — lower than 71% of areas.

Dutson2.3
3851, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Dutson are slightly smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.

Average household size

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2.3 —

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Dutson, 2 people is the majority at 75%; 1 person is next at 25%.

2 people 64.3% 1 person 21.4%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families here are almost exclusively couples, with those without children making up 90% and those with children accounting for 50% of the mix. This explains why one-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Dutson, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 36%.

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 Dutson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20818/dutson/topic/family-households