2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gundowring · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Gundowring than in the rest of Australia, with only 6.5% of families fitting this description. This creates a household landscape where couples make up the vast majority of homes, and the typical home holds 2.6 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gundowring — higher than 57% of areas.
| Gundowring | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 3691 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.8 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About half of all households consist of two people, while 22.5% are people living alone. This last group is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
22.5% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Gundowring, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.8% of families, while those without children account for 39.6%. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than most areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
6.5% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Gundowring, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gundowring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21118/gundowring/topic/family-households