Doodlakine · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Doodlakine

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost no one lives alone in Doodlakine, making it one of the most uncommon areas for single-person homes. Most households are small and consist of just two people, which is very different from the patterns seen across the state.

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📍 Doodlakine, Suburb / Locality

Where Doodlakine sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Doodlakine — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Doodlakine2.5
6411, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Doodlakine has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. This is driven by the fact that 76.9% of homes house two people, while no one in the area lives alone.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 36.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Doodlakine, 2 people is the majority at 80%; 3 people is next at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 7.1% of the community, a figure well below the national rate of 14.1%. Couples with children and couples without children are the most common family types, representing 44.6% and 42.9% of the total respectively.

7.1%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Doodlakine splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (41%), with Other families at 9%.

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 Doodlakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50421/doodlakine/topic/family-households