2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gulgong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gulgong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people now live alone in Gulgong than in previous years, with 30.3% of households consisting of just one person. This shift contributes to a local housing landscape where single-person homes and one-parent families are much more common than in other similar areas.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gulgong — lower than 57% of areas.
| Gulgong | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2852, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gulgong holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.5. However, 30.3% of residents live alone, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
30.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gulgong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is well above the national average of 14.1%. This is a significant figure for the area, although couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.9%.
18.3% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gulgong, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Gulgong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11800/gulgong/topic/family-households