2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 61.4% in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan). This area has notably larger households than most other regions, with the typical home hosting nearly three people. It is a place where family living is common, though one-parent households are much more frequent here than in the rest of the state.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 79% of areas.
| Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.8 people live in each home, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. While one-person households rose to 24.5% since 2011, the overall trend shows home sizes have edged up slightly.
24.5% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (24%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Although this remains much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
16.8% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22305/dandenong/topic/family-households