2.5 —
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gladstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Gladstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Gladstone than in previous years, with this figure rising by 2.9 percentage points since 2016. The area maintains a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
2.5
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- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Gladstone — higher than 57% of areas.
| Gladstone | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.6% of people here live alone, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas. While two-person homes are the most common at 35.6%, the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.5.
25.6% —
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.9%, but one-parent families have risen to 15.5% since 2016. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
15.5% —
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gladstone, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30805/gladstone/topic/family-households