2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gillieston Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gillieston Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households than most similar areas are common in Gillieston Heights, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is a family-focused place where few people live alone and most homes are shared.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Gillieston Heights — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gillieston Heights | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2321, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why typical home sizes are larger here than in most other areas.
18.5% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gillieston Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 61.4%. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
15.0% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gillieston Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Gillieston Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11628/gillieston-heights/topic/family-households