2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dulcot · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dulcot
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dulcot than in most other areas, making it a place where households are typically larger. This is a family-heavy community where nearly two-thirds of homes include couples with children, creating a home environment that is much more crowded than the state average.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Dulcot — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dulcot holds 2.7 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Only 13.2% of people live alone, a number that is far below both the state and national figures.
13.2% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dulcot, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, with 63.2% of families being couples with children. Only 5.0% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.0% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dulcot, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Dulcot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60169/dulcot/topic/family-households