2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gunnedah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gunnedah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Gunnedah are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While family sizes are typical for the region, the area has a notably high number of people living on their own. These patterns have remained steady for the last decade.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gunnedah — lower than 64% of areas.
| Gunnedah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2380, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people, and the typical household size of 2.4 people has barely changed since 2011.
30.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gunnedah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has stayed almost exactly the same over the last ten years.
17.5% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gunnedah, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041199/gunnedah/topic/family-households