2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
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 homes are the norm in Gregory River, where an average of 2.8 people live in each house. This is a bit higher than the state and national figures of 2.5. The area is mostly made up of families, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of Australia.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Gregory River — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gregory River | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4800, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than most, with 34.4% housing two people and 28% housing four. Only 17.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.6% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gregory River, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (27%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with 62.7% being couples with children. Only 8.8% are one-parent families, a rate well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
8.8% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gregory River, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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/SAL31251/gregory-river/topic/family-households