2.0 —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gladstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gladstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-two point seven per cent of people in Gladstone live alone, a figure far above the national average. This makes it an area where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just two people.
2.0
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- 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 Gladstone — lower than 93% of areas.
| Gladstone | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is well below the national figure of 2.5, having edged down since 2016 to 2.0. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which rose to 42.7% in the last five years.
42.7% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has grown by 4.6 percentage points since 2016.
21.2% —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051534/gladstone/topic/family-households