2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gheerulla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gheerulla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 57.5% of families in Gheerulla, the largest group in this area. Households here tend to be larger than in most similar places, with an average of 2.7 people per home. This is slightly higher than the typical Australian figure of 2.5 people.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Gheerulla — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gheerulla | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4574, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 34.4% of all homes.
21.5% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gheerulla, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 12.1% of the total, which is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%. Other family types are rare, with couples without children making up 34.1% of the mix.
12.1% ▲ +66.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gheerulla, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Gheerulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31114/gheerulla/topic/family-households