Dunkeld · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dunkeld

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with and without children both make up 44.1% of families in Dunkeld, sharing the top spot for family types. This rural area shows a very different family mix than the state or national average, most notably with a total absence of single-parent households.

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Where Dunkeld sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -7.4%
  • 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 — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Dunkeld2.5
4465, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Dunkeld typically house 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figure for both Queensland and Australia.

2.5 ▼ -7.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Dunkeld, 2 people is the majority at 73%; 1 person is next at 27%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 0.0% of the local total, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 15.4% in Queensland.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 18.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Dunkeld splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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/SAL30900/dunkeld/topic/family-households