2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunstan · State Electorate
Family & Households in Dunstan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Dunstan than in most similar areas, with 34.6% of households consisting of a single person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The area generally has smaller households than the state or national average.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Dunstan — lower than 90% of areas.
| Dunstan | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Dunstan has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is consistent with the high number of people living alone, though that figure fell slightly since 2011.
34.6% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dunstan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.8% of the area, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%. This has fallen by 5.1 points since 2011, while couples with children now make up 55.9% of families.
11.8% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunstan, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Dunstan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40010/dunstan/topic/family-households