2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gerringong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gerringong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 60% of families in Gerringong include children, making it a place where family units are very common. While the typical home size matches the state and national figures, the area has a much lower rate of single-parent families than the rest of Australia.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gerringong — higher than 57% of areas.
| Gerringong | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2534, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gerringong holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 23.1% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the New South Wales and national averages.
23.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gerringong, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 59.6% having children and 30.7% without.
9.2% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gerringong, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Gerringong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11610/gerringong/topic/family-households