Dandanning · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Dandanning

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer one-parent families live in Dandanning than in other parts of the country. This sparsely populated area is dominated by couples with children, which helps explain why homes here are larger than the national figure.

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📍 Dandanning, Suburb / Locality

Where Dandanning sits — Average household size

3.1
  • 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 Dandanning — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Dandanning3.1
6479, WA 2.3
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.1 people per home, households in Dandanning are a little larger than the state and national figure of 2.5.

Household size

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Dandanning splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 4 people (50%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 86.4% of families here. No one-parent families were recorded, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.

Family composition

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In Dandanning, Couples with children is the majority at 83%; Couples without children is next at 17%.

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 Dandanning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50381/dandanning/topic/family-households