2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gisborne South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gisborne South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 10.8% of people live alone in Gisborne South, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This makes the community stand out as a place where most people live in larger groups. Many homes here are family-focused, with a typical household holding nearly three people.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Gisborne South — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gisborne South has 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This higher density is reflected in the fact that nearly 40% of households contain two people, while 23.7% hold four.
10.8% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gisborne South, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, with couples with children making up 64% of the mix. One-parent families are much less common than in most other areas, at just 5.6%, which is well below the national rate of 14.1%.
5.6% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gisborne South, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Gisborne South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21002/gisborne-south/topic/family-households