3.1 ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gorton · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Gorton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in a Gorton home, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, making it a place where large households are common and very few people live alone.
3.1
▲ +34.8%
- 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 Gorton — higher than 99% of areas.
| Gorton | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 15.4%, a figure that has fallen 16 points since 2011.
15.4% ▼ -50.2%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gorton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.9% ▲ +48.9%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gorton, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Gorton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED218/gorton/topic/family-households