2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumbarton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dumbarton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of single-parent families than the state average marks the domestic life of Dumbarton. Most of the community lives in small groups, with the typical home holding 2.5 people. This reflects a mix of family units and individuals living alone across the area.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Dumbarton — higher than 50% of areas.
| Dumbarton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6566, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people make up the most common household size at 44.4%. Around 23.3% of people live alone, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
23.3% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dumbarton, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.1%.
17.5% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Dumbarton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Dumbarton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50435/dumbarton/topic/family-households