2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gil Gil · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 38% of households in Gil Gil are couples with children, making them the most common family type. The area is defined by larger homes and a very high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gil Gil — higher than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Gil Gil are larger than most, with 2.8 people per home. This is a little above the typical 2.5 people found across Victoria and Australia.
2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Gil Gil, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 23.8% of the community, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Other families include couples without children (33.3%) and couples with children (38.1%).
23.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Gil Gil splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gil Gil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20994/gil-gil/topic/family-households