2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gatton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gatton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families set Gatton apart from the rest of the state and nation. While most homes here follow a typical Australian pattern, about 19.5% of families are led by a single parent, which is well above the national figure.
2.6
→ 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 Gatton — higher than 57% of areas.
| Gatton | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4343, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gatton hold about 2.6 people on average, which is higher than in most similar areas. Around 26.4% of households consist of one person, a figure that is a little above the Queensland average.
26.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gatton, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 19.5% of the total. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
19.5% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gatton, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31104/gatton/topic/family-households