Gaeta · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gaeta

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Gaeta than in most other parts of the country. While the typical home holds 2.2 people, this is lower than the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person households, which make up nearly a third of the area.

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Where Gaeta sits — Average household size

2.2 → 0.0%
  • 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 Gaeta — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gaeta2.2
4671, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.1% of residents live alone, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with most containing only one or two people.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.1% ▲ +20.8%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.6%
  • 2016: 42.3%
  • 2021: 32.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Gaeta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 46.1% of families, while those without children account for 42.1%. One-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, which is well below the state and national figures.

10.5% ▼ -10.5%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 10.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Gaeta splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Gaeta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31092/gaeta/topic/family-households