3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gymea Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gymea Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large homes and crowded living spaces define daily life in Gymea Bay, where the typical household holds 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community built around larger family units rather than individuals.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Bay — higher than 88% of areas.
| Gymea Bay | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2227, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 11% of households being single-person homes, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, about 30% of homes house two people and 27% house four.
11.0% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gymea Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for just 8.3%, which is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
8.3% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gymea Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11834/gymea-bay/topic/family-households