1.9 ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dumbleyung · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dumbleyung
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-four percent of people live alone in Dumbleyung (L), a rate far above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has very few people per household compared to most of Australia.
1.9
▼ -20.8%
- 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 Dumbleyung — lower than 93% of areas.
| Dumbleyung | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6350, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dumbleyung (L) holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 2.5. This trend has grown since 2011, as the proportion of people living alone rose 14 points to reach 44%.
44.0% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dumbleyung, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.8% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen 12 points since 2011, while couples without children now make up nearly half of all families at 49.6%.
7.8% ▼ -59.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dumbleyung, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Dumbleyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522022/dumbleyung/topic/family-households