2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dover Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dover Gardens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure for single-person homes, Dover Gardens sees 30.3% of its residents living alone. This makes it a place where smaller living arrangements are common. The area has a high number of one-parent families compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
2.3
→ 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 Dover Gardens — lower than 71% of areas.
| Dover Gardens | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5048, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dover Gardens holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that over 30% of households consist of just one person, a figure well above the Australian average.
30.3% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dover Gardens splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the national figure of 14.1%. About half of all families here are couples with children.
17.9% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dover Gardens, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Dover Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40371/dover-gardens/topic/family-households