2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Gap
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in The Gap compared to the state and national figures. This suburb is dominated by larger households, with the typical home holding 2.9 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.9
→ 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 The Gap — higher than 81% of areas.
| The Gap | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4061, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 15.4% of residents live alone, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.4% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Gap, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, who make up 66.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.2% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Gap, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32790/the-gap/topic/family-households