2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Gladstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of single-person homes is the defining feature of West Gladstone, where 36.4% of households consist of one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%.
2.2
▼ -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 West Gladstone — lower than 76% of areas.
| West Gladstone | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in West Gladstone is smaller than most, with 2.2 people per dwelling. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 2.5, driven by the high number of people living alone.
36.4% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Gladstone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.4% of the area, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.4%.
22.4% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Gladstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 West Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33035/west-gladstone/topic/family-households