2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gower · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gower
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Gower have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on traditional family units. The area is dominated by couples with children, who make up 68.3% of all families. This creates a stable residential pattern where most households consist of a few people sharing a home.
2.5
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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 Gower — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gower has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →Gower splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 4 people (38%), with 1 person at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are almost non-existent here at 0.0%, a figure far below the Victorian average of 13.3% and 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 Gower, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Gower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21083/gower/topic/family-households