2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunalley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dunalley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all households in Dunalley are people living alone, a rate higher than most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the community is shaped by a mix of small single-person homes and larger family groups.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Dunalley — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people live alone, which is slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.6%, while the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as across Tasmania and Australia.
27.3% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunalley, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. The rest of the families are mostly couples with children (56.2%) or couples without children (29.6%).
15.4% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunalley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Dunalley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60170/dunalley/topic/family-households