2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gerangamete · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gerangamete
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 66% of families in Gerangamete are couples with children, making it a place where family units are the primary household type. While many homes are large, there is also a very high proportion of people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
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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 Gerangamete — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A surprising 38.2% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.7 people, slightly more than the 2.5 seen across Australia.
38.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gerangamete splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 3.5% of the total, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 65.9% raising children and 23.5% without.
3.5% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gerangamete, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Gerangamete [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20985/gerangamete/topic/family-households