2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gundagai · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gundagai
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Gundagai than in other similar areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▲ +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 Gundagai — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gundagai | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2722, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.5% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. Most homes are small, with 34.7% housing two people and 33.5% housing one person.
33.5% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gundagai splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.3% of families, while 31.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.3%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
13.3% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gundagai, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11809/gundagai/topic/family-households