2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gympie · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Gympie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families live in Gympie than in most similar areas. While the typical household size remains steady at 2.4 people, there has been a rise in the number of people living by themselves.
2.4
→ 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 Gympie — lower than 57% of areas.
| Gympie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a rise from 2011, though the typical number of people per home has barely changed and sits at 2.4.
27.3% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.9%.
16.3% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33620/gympie/topic/family-households