2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gregory River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gregory River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are much more common in Gregory River than in other similar areas. This is a place where families tend to be bigger, with 2.9 people living in the typical home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
—
- 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 Gregory River — higher than 81% of areas.
| Gregory River | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4660, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 19.0%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This contributes to larger homes, with 19.0% of households containing five people.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gregory River splits fairly evenly between 1 person (24%) and 5 people (24%), with 2 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 64.2%.
18.9% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gregory River, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Gregory River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31250/gregory-river/topic/family-households