3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gilston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gilston
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 70% of families in Gilston are couples with children, making it a major hub for larger households. This family-heavy profile means the area has far fewer people living alone than the state or national figures.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Gilston — higher than 89% of areas.
| Gilston | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4211, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gilston are large, with a typical 3.2 people per dwelling, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 7.4% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
7.4% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gilston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here. One-parent families account for 9.8% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
9.8% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gilston, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Gilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31123/gilston/topic/family-households