2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gold Coast - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Gold Coast - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people live alone in Gold Coast - North, a figure well above the national average. This preference for smaller living arrangements makes the area stand out compared to most other regions. It is a place where small households and single-person homes are very common.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gold Coast - North — lower than 89% of areas.
| Gold Coast - North | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures. This is consistent with the high number of single-person homes, which rose to 31.2% by 2021.
31.2% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gold Coast - North, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, which is well above the national figure and much higher than in most other areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.6%.
17.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gold Coast - North, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Gold Coast - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30903/gold-coast-north/topic/family-households