2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darlington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 16% of people live alone in Darlington, a figure well below the national average. This makes it a place where most households consist of two or more people, creating a community largely defined by family groupings.
2.7
→ 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 Darlington — higher than 71% of areas.
| Darlington | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6070, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Darlington holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. Most households are small to medium, with 37% containing two people and 20.9% containing four.
16.0% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darlington, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 63.8% of families being couples with children. Only 8.2% are one-parent families, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
8.2% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darlington, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50390/darlington/topic/family-households