2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Gosford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Gosford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 40% of homes in East Gosford are occupied by just one person, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This trend contributes to a typical household size of 2.1 people, making the area's homes smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is East Gosford — lower than 81% of areas.
| East Gosford | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2250, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Forty percent of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household size is just 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
40.2% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Gosford, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of the families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 20.0% of the total. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
20.0% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Gosford, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (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 East Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11352/east-gosford/topic/family-households