2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalby · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dalby
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Dalby are couples with children, making it a key hub for family life. The area has a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar places, which is well above both state and national figures.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Dalby — higher than 64% of areas.
| Dalby | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4405, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dalby has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 34.8% of households have two people, the number of people living alone has risen to 26.1% since 2011.
26.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalby, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 3.5 percentage points over the last decade.
18.9% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalby, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Dalby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313003/dalby/topic/family-households