2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gold Coast · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Gold Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in the Gold Coast include children, making it a strong hub for family life. The area is defined by large households, with the typical home hosting 2.5 people, a figure that has remained steady for a decade.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Gold Coast — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gold Coast | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most other areas. Only 23.6% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.6% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gold Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.1% of families. One-parent families account for 15.4%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.4% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gold Coast, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gold Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33430/gold-coast/topic/family-households