2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gerogery · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gerogery
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Gerogery, making it a place where larger households are common. This high number of residents per home is driven by a strong presence of families with children, while very few people live on their own.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Gerogery — higher than 81% of areas.
| Gerogery | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2642, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, household sizes are much higher than in most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 17.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 25.0%.
17.1% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gerogery, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.9% of families. One-parent families account for 9.6%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
9.6% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gerogery, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Gerogery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11609/gerogery/topic/family-households