2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gurranang · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gurranang
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Gurranang move away from larger family homes. The area now has a very high number of people living alone, with 37.5% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to a typical home size that is much lower than most other areas.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Gurranang — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gurranang | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 37.5% of people living alone, the number of single-person households is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Gurranang holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas.
37.5% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gurranang, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples without children, at 51.2%. Single-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.6% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gurranang, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with 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 Gurranang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11826/gurranang/topic/family-households