1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gawler
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 46% of people in Gawler live alone, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person households means that homes here are much smaller on average than in most other areas.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Gawler — lower than 89% of areas.
| Gawler | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5118, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gawler holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by a very high proportion of single-person homes, which account for 45.9% of all households.
45.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gawler, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, a rate well above the national figure of 14.1%. Meanwhile, couples without children are the most common family type, representing 43% of the total.
18.4% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gawler, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40474/gawler/topic/family-households