2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gladstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes shapes the daily life of Gladstone. While most households follow national patterns in size, over 21% of families here are headed by one parent, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Gladstone — higher than 50% of areas.
| Gladstone | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gladstone holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Roughly a quarter of all households consist of one person living alone.
25.2% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of the families are couples with children, but one-parent families make up 21.8% of the total. This is much higher than most other areas and sits well above the national average of 14.1%.
21.8% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11643/gladstone/topic/family-households