2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gayndah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gayndah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of people in Gayndah live alone, making it a place where single-person households are much more common than in most other areas. This trend contributes to a typical home size of 2.2 people, which is lower than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Gayndah — lower than 76% of areas.
| Gayndah | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4625, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 34.7% of the area, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why typical homes here are smaller than the national figure of 2.5 people.
34.7% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gayndah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, making up 18.3% of families. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
18.3% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gayndah, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Gayndah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31106/gayndah/topic/family-households