2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumbleton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dumbleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Dumbleton, where 52.2% of families include children. This is a place where most households are multi-person homes, creating a local landscape dominated by couples and families rather than single residents.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Dumbleton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Dumbleton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the low number of single-person households, with only 7.2% of people living alone—far below the national figure of 25.6%.
7.2% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dumbleton, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 4 people is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, making up just 4.4% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
4.4% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dumbleton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Dumbleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30891/dumbleton/topic/family-households