2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dandaragan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dandaragan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has occurred in Dandaragan since 2011. The area is now marked by a high number of people living alone, with over a quarter of all households consisting of just one person.
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 Dandaragan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Dandaragan | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6507, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While 26.7% of people live alone—a rate a little above the national average—the most common household size is two people at 39.7%.
26.7% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dandaragan, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families in Dandaragan are couples with children, and another 46.8% are couples without. Only 4.6% are one-parent families, which is well below both the Western Australian and national figures.
4.6% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Dandaragan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Dandaragan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50382/dandaragan/topic/family-households