Gundary · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gundary

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live together in Gundary than is typical across the country, with 3.1 people per home. This makes the area stand out against the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where large households are common and very few people live on their own.

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Where Gundary sits — Average household size

3.1 ▲ +34.8%
  • 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 Gundary — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gundary3.1
2580, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 15.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than most, with 9.2% of households containing six or more people.

3.1 ▲ +34.8%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 3.2
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.3% ▼ -41.2%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.0%
  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 15.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Gundary, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.9%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.

14.1% ▲ +40.7%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 14.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Gundary, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

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 Gundary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11812/gundary/topic/family-households