2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gawler West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gawler West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 43% of homes in Gawler West are occupied by just one person. This is a much higher proportion of single-person households than seen in most similar areas, making it a place where small living arrangements are the norm.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 West — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gawler West | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5118, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by a very high number of people living alone, who make up 42.9% of all households.
42.9% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gawler West, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here at 28.4%, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 41.3% and couples without children at 27.2%.
28.4% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gawler West, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (27%).
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40480/gawler-west/topic/family-households