Gilletts Ridge · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gilletts Ridge

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger home sizes are common in Gilletts Ridge, where the typical household contains 2.7 people. This is higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community centered on family living with no single-parent homes recorded.

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📍 Gilletts Ridge, Suburb / Locality

Where Gilletts Ridge sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Gilletts Ridge — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gilletts Ridge2.7
2462, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.7 people per home, households here are larger than in most other areas, though this figure is about the same as the New South Wales and national totals.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Gilletts Ridge, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 6 or more (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families make up the entire local landscape, with 66.7% being couples with children and 33.3% being couples without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14% seen across Australia and New South Wales.

Family composition

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In Gilletts Ridge, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 33%.

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 Gilletts Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11627/gilletts-ridge/topic/family-households