2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gilbert Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gilbert Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower rates of one-parent families mark Gilbert Valley compared to the rest of the country. This area is mostly made up of two-person households, though the number of people living alone has risen to 29.0% since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Gilbert Valley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gilbert Valley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5414, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gilbert Valley holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down over the last decade. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 41.4% of households contain two people and 29.0% are single-person homes.
29.0% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gilbert Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families here are couples with children, while 39.1% are couples without children. Only 11.0% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the South Australian and national averages.
11.0% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gilbert Valley, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Gilbert Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405021117/gilbert-valley/topic/family-households