2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gelorup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gelorup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.5% of families in Gelorup, the most common family type in the area. This is a place where homes are typically fuller than average, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Gelorup — higher than 81% of areas.
| Gelorup | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Gelorup has a typical home size of 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.3% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
11.3% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gelorup, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.5% of the local mix, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 63.5% having children and 27.5% without.
8.5% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gelorup, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Gelorup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50533/gelorup/topic/family-households