2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gymea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gymea
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Gymea than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.5 people, the suburb has a higher proportion of single-person households than the state and national figures.
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 Gymea — higher than 50% of areas.
| Gymea | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2227, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.8% of people here live alone, which is a little above the 25% seen across New South Wales. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33% of all households.
26.8% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gymea, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.8%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.8% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gymea, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Gymea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11833/gymea/topic/family-households