2.3 ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumberning · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dumberning
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller-than-average home sizes mark the domestic landscape of Dumberning, where the typical household is smaller than in most other areas. With a low number of one-parent families and a high proportion of people living alone, the local living arrangements differ notably from the state and national norms.
2.3
▼ -23.3%
- 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 Dumberning — lower than 71% of areas.
| Dumberning | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6312, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Dumberning are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 28.1% of people live alone, which is a little above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
28.1% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dumberning, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.3% of families here. Notably, one-parent families account for only 4.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages.
4.5% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dumberning, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Dumberning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50436/dumberning/topic/family-households