3.4 ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gumdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gumdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Gumdale homes than in most other areas, with an average of 3.4 people per dwelling. This high density per household is driven by a large number of families with children and very few people living on their own. The area's family-focused structure remains a defining feature compared to the state and national averages.
3.4
▲ +3.0%
- 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 Gumdale — higher than 93% of areas.
| Gumdale | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4154, QLD | 3.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 5.3% of people live alone in Gumdale, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical home is so crowded, with nearly 30% of households containing four people.
5.3% ▼ -58.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gumdale, the largest group is 4 people at 30%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.0%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.0% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gumdale, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Gumdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31266/gumdale/topic/family-households