3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dayton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dayton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 72.2% of families in Dayton, making it a primary hub for larger family groups. This is a place where most homes are filled with multiple people, and very few residents live on their own.
3.0
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- 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 Dayton — higher than 86% of areas.
| Dayton | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6055, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Dayton are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.1% of people live alone, a rate well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
16.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dayton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up 9.1% of the total. This share is well below both the state (13.5%) and national (14.1%) figures.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dayton, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; 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 Dayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50397/dayton/topic/family-households