2.2 ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dwellingup · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dwellingup
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people are living together in Dwellingup, where the typical home now holds 2.2 people. While households have grown slightly since 2011, the town has a very high proportion of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▲ +15.8%
- 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 Dwellingup — lower than 64% of areas.
| Dwellingup | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6213, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of residents (34.6%) live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the typical home size of 2.2 people is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.5.
34.6% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dwellingup splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families in Dwellingup are couples with children, while 36.3% are couples without. One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.7% ▲ +47.9%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dwellingup, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Dwellingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522023/dwellingup/topic/family-households