2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gin Gin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gin Gin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people live on their own in Gin Gin, a figure well above the national average. This preference for smaller living arrangements means the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas.
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 Gin Gin — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gin Gin | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4671, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gin Gin usually hold just 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 34.9% of households are single-person homes, far above the state average.
34.9% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gin Gin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.2% of the local total, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other common setups include couples with children (39.3%) and couples without children (36.5%).
23.2% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gin Gin splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Gin Gin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31124/gin-gin/topic/family-households