2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darkan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darkan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few things have changed since 2011 in Darkan, where the community is now shaped by a high number of small households. A large proportion of residents live alone, contributing to a typical home size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Darkan — lower than 81% of areas.
| Darkan | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6392, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Darkan are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per dwelling. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5, which is reflected by the 34% of people living alone—a rate well above the national average.
34.0% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darkan, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 48.5% having children and 46.3% without. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 4.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.4% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Darkan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Darkan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50388/darkan/topic/family-households