2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gloucester · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gloucester
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Gloucester than in the rest of the country. This creates a trend where the typical home is smaller, with just 2.1 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Gloucester — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gloucester | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2422, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 34% of people here live by themselves, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because of this, 2-person homes are the most common at 40.8%, while the typical home size is a little below the state average.
34.0% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gloucester, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type, accounting for 41.7% of the group.
17.4% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gloucester splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Gloucester
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11689/gloucester/topic/family-households