2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gisborne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gisborne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a defining feature of daily life in Gisborne, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is much higher than most other areas and sits a little above the national figure. The community is heavily skewed towards family living, with very few people living on their own.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Gisborne — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than average, with 31.9% housing two people and 22.4% housing four. Only 17.6% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
17.6% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gisborne, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67.0%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 9.4%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.4% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gisborne, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210021232/gisborne/topic/family-households