2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gapsted · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gapsted
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Gapsted are couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. The area is generally consistent with state and national patterns, where the typical home hosts about two or three people.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Gapsted — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gapsted has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. Around 23.3% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the national average of 25.6%.
23.3% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gapsted, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.5%, which is a little below the Victorian average and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +347.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gapsted, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Gapsted [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20964/gapsted/topic/family-households