2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dolphin Heads · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dolphin Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
A strong preference for couples defines the domestic life of Dolphin Heads, where over half of all families include children. This community is smaller and more stable than the national average, with far fewer single-parent homes than typical Australian suburbs.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Dolphin Heads — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dolphin Heads | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure. Most homes are small, with 40.8% containing just two people and a typical size of 2.4 people per household.
27.0% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dolphin Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families, while one-parent families account for only 9.2%. This last figure is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
9.2% ▲ +72.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dolphin Heads, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Dolphin Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30860/dolphin-heads/topic/family-households