2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dales Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dales Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dales Creek (L) compared to the state or national average. Most households here are family-based, with a typical home holding 2.7 people, a figure that has grown since 2011.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Dales Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.7 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. Only 22.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
22.3% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dales Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 67.4%. Only 8.3% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.3% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dales Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222014/dales-creek/topic/family-households