Gulargambone · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gulargambone

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over a third of households in Gulargambone are made up of just one person, marking it as a place with a high number of solo residents. This trend is mirrored in the family data, where one-parent families are far more common than in the rest of the country. The community generally has smaller living arrangements than the state average.

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📍 Gulargambone, Suburb / Locality

Where Gulargambone sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -8.3%
  • 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 Gulargambone — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gulargambone2.2
2828, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 37.4% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Gulargambone holds 2.2 people, a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6.

2.2 ▼ -8.3%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.4% ▲ +34.0%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.9%
  • 2016: 34.7%
  • 2021: 37.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Gulargambone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families account for 28.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 40.6%, followed by couples without children at 30.3%.

28.2% ▲ +10.0%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.7%
  • 2016: 30.7%
  • 2021: 28.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Gulargambone, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (28%).

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 Gulargambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11798/gulargambone/topic/family-households