3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalkeith · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dalkeith
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a defining feature of daily life in Dalkeith, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a bit more than the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5, reflecting a place where few people live by themselves.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Dalkeith — higher than 86% of areas.
| Dalkeith | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6009, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.4% of people here live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national figure. Most homes are shared, with 33% housing two people and 24.4% holding four.
13.4% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalkeith, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 69.8% of the area. Consequently, one-parent families are much less common here at 6.5%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
6.5% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalkeith, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Dalkeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50374/dalkeith/topic/family-households