2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dixvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dixvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Dixvale, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This is a little above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia, reflecting a community where larger family groups are common.
2.9
—
- 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 Dixvale — higher than 81% of areas.
| Dixvale | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6258, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Dixvale are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. While 30.4% of households have two people, about 26.1% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
26.1% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dixvale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 79.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.8%, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
11.8% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dixvale, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Dixvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50414/dixvale/topic/family-households