2.8 ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Don Valley · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Don Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Don Valley (L), where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a shift from a decade ago, as the number of people living alone has plummeted to just 15.3%.
2.8
▲ +27.3%
- 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 Don Valley — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure of 2.5 people. While 38.2% of households have two people, the number of one-person homes has fallen sharply since 2011, dropping by 18 points to just 15.3%.
15.3% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Don Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.5%. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Victorian figure.
13.2% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Don Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Don Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222019/don-valley/topic/family-households