2.3 ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gilmore · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Gilmore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Gilmore are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has seen a shift toward smaller living arrangements, with the typical number of people per home falling to 2.3 since 2011.
2.3
▼ -30.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Gilmore — lower than 86% of areas.
| Gilmore | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most areas, with 41% of households containing just two people. This trend is reflected in the number of people living alone, which rose to 28.1% by 2021 and is now well above the New South Wales figure.
28.1% ▲ +79.8%
Higher than 68% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gilmore, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 37.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.7%. This last group is about the same as the national figure, though the proportion has fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
14.7% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gilmore, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Gilmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED116/gilmore/topic/family-households