2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gaythorne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gaythorne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Gaythorne, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high number of people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Gaythorne — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gaythorne | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4051, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.3% of people here live alone, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This high rate of single-person homes helps explain why the average number of people per home is much lower than in most other areas.
36.3% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gaythorne splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Around half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.9% of the total. This last figure is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national average of 14.1%.
15.9% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gaythorne, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Gaythorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31107/gaythorne/topic/family-households