2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gelston Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gelston Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Gelston Park, where the typical home is much more crowded than in most other areas. This is a place geared toward larger groups, with 2.8 people per household and a very small number of single-person homes.
2.8
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- 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 Gelston Park — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gelston Park | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2650, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 7% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes contain two people (43.9%), but the area remains much more crowded than most other regions.
7.0% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gelston Park, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 63.4% having children. Very few one-parent families live here, at just 3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
3.0% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gelston Park, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Gelston Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11601/gelston-park/topic/family-households