2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dulwich · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dulwich
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Dulwich live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This reflects a local housing pattern where small households are common, though the typical number of people per home remains at 2.4, similar to the rest of the state.
2.4
→ 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 Dulwich — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dulwich | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5065, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 30.5% of people living alone, a rate higher than most areas. Two-person households are the most frequent group at 31.8%, while those with four people make up 15.4%.
30.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dulwich splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Dulwich are couples with children (65.6%), while couples without children account for 24.5%. One-parent families make up 8.6%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
8.6% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dulwich, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Dulwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40379/dulwich/topic/family-households