2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gladstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 40% of households in Gladstone are made up of couples without children, reflecting a trend toward smaller living arrangements. The town has a high proportion of people living alone, which contributes to a typical home size of just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Gladstone — lower than 81% of areas.
| Gladstone | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5473, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.3% of people live alone in Gladstone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
37.3% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children and those without children are the most common family types, both sitting at around 40%.
18.3% ▲ +59.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40497/gladstone/topic/family-households