2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gunnedah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gunnedah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Gunnedah than in most similar areas, with 29.4% of households consisting of just one person. This is a higher rate than both the state and national figures. While many live solo, the area still maintains a strong presence of family homes.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Gunnedah — higher than 50% of areas.
| Gunnedah | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2380, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gunnedah holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 33.5%, followed by those living alone at 29.4%.
29.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gunnedah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. This is a little above the 14.1% national average, while couples with children form the largest family group at 55.8%.
16.7% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gunnedah, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11818/gunnedah/topic/family-households