3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gatum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gatum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Gatum, where an average of 3.0 people live in each home. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community dominated by families with children.
3.0
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- 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 Gatum — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 3.0 people per dwelling compared to the typical 2.5 people found across Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Gatum, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (33%) and 5 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 82.4% of the group. In contrast, there are no one-parent families in Gatum, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gatum, Couples with children is the majority at 90%; Couples without children is next at 10%.
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 Gatum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20971/gatum/topic/family-households