2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gloucester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gloucester
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements define daily life in Gloucester, where 30.5% of households consist of just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes here are smaller than average, typically housing only 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Gloucester — lower than 86% of areas.
| Gloucester | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2422, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common and have risen since 2011, meaning more people now live alone compared to most other areas. Overall, the typical home size is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 people.
30.5% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gloucester, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 42.4%, though one-parent families are more common here than in most areas. These single-parent households now make up 15.1% of families, an increase of 2.9 points since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gloucester splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051167/gloucester/topic/family-households