2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gosnells · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Gosnells
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Gosnells than in most other areas, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This is a little above the figures for Western Australia and Australia, reflecting a place where large households are common.
2.8
→ 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 Gosnells — higher than 86% of areas.
| Gosnells | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, as the number of people living alone is well below the state and national figures at 21.9%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 29% of the area.
21.9% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gosnells, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 64.4%. One-parent families account for 14.2%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.2% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gosnells, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Gosnells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50604/gosnells/topic/family-households