2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunlop · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dunlop
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Dunlop, which is much higher than in most other areas. This creates a community where few people live alone and most households are made up of families with children.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Dunlop — higher than 81% of areas.
| Dunlop | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.7% of residents live by themselves, a figure well below the 25.7% seen across the ACT. With the typical home holding 2.9 people, the area is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
16.7% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dunlop, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 67.5% of families. One-parent families account for 13.7%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the ACT average of 11.9%.
13.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunlop, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next 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 Dunlop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80049/dunlop/topic/family-households