2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dunalley · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dunalley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of families in Dunalley (L) are couples with children, making this the most common household type in the area. The community has a high mix of both family units and people living on their own, with a typical home hosting 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Dunalley — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
More people live alone here than in most similar areas, with 31.9% of households being single-person homes. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, and the proportion of sole residents has risen since 2011.
31.9% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dunalley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the local total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure has remained steady since 2011.
17.5% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dunalley, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Dunalley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622006/dunalley/topic/family-households