Gowrie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Gowrie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group in Gowrie, where 67.4% of families fit this description. This is a place of large households and few people living alone, making it stand out compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Gowrie, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Gowrie sits — Average household size

3.0 → 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 Gowrie — higher than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gowrie3.0
4352, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 13.4% of people live alone, a rate far below the Queensland average.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.4% ▲ +5.5%

Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 12.7%
  • 2016: 13.5%
  • 2021: 13.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Gowrie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up just 8.4% of the local total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

8.4% ▲ +1.3%

Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Gowrie, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Gowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/317011449/gowrie/topic/family-households