2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dampier · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dampier
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Dampier compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where most people live in larger groups, with a typical home holding 2.9 people. This figure is slightly above the national average and has edged up since 2011.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Dampier — higher than 86% of areas.
| Dampier | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6713, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.7% of homes are occupied by one person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6% and represents a 12 point drop since 2011. Most households contain two people (31.2%) or four people (24.0%).
15.7% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dampier, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 74.4%. Only 4.8% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average and has fallen 15 points since 2011.
4.8% ▼ -76.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dampier, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Dampier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515008/dampier/topic/family-households