Dudley East · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dudley East

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household patterns in Dudley East have remained steady over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of couples, with 45.2% of families raising children and 42.9% being couples without children.

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📍 Dudley East, Suburb / Locality

Where Dudley East sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Dudley East — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Dudley East2.4
5222, SA 2.0
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Dudley East houses 2.4 people, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Dudley East, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state average of 14.8% and the national average of 14.1%.

9.5%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 9.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Dudley East splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Dudley East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40376/dudley-east/topic/family-households