2.6 ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dalwallinu · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dalwallinu
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Dalwallinu than they did a decade ago, as the town's household makeup has shifted significantly since 2011. Most homes now house more people, with the typical home holding 2.6 residents.
2.6
▲ +30.0%
- 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 Dalwallinu — higher than 71% of areas.
| Dalwallinu | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6609, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has dropped 15 percentage points since 2011 to 24.7%. This shift is reflected in larger households, as the typical home now holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas.
24.7% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dalwallinu, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 64% of the local mix. One-parent families account for only 7.5% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen 9.2 percentage points since 2011.
7.5% ▼ -54.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dalwallinu, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Dalwallinu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521017/dalwallinu/topic/family-households