2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gibb · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gibb
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Gibb than in most other similar areas, with 28.3% of households fitting this description. This trend is reflected in the larger size of local homes, which typically house more people than those found across the state or country.
2.8
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- 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 Gibb — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gibb | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6743, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gibb are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, which at 13.6% is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gibb splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.3% of the community, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 43.5%.
28.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gibb, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (17%).
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 Gibb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50538/gibb/topic/family-households