2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gympie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gympie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 44% of families in Gympie are couples with children, making them the most common family type. The area has a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gympie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gympie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 34.7% of people in Gympie live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.3 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.7% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gympie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.5% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This rate is among the highest for similar areas.
26.5% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31280/gympie/topic/family-households