2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gungahlin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gungahlin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Gungahlin than in most similar areas. It is a place where families are common, with 56.9% of households consisting of couples with children. The typical home fits 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the figures for the ACT and Australia.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Gungahlin — higher than 57% of areas.
| Gungahlin | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2912, ACT | 2.6 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.1% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011. Two-person households are the most common at 32.2%, while the usual number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
25.1% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gungahlin, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.7% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and a little below the ACT. This proportion rose slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
10.7% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gungahlin, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Gungahlin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801041040/gungahlin/topic/family-households