5.0 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 4.6
- 2021: 5.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gibson Desert North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gibson Desert North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far larger home sizes than most similar areas define Gibson Desert North, where the typical household holds five people. This is double the Western Australian and national figures, reflecting a community where very few people live alone.
5.0
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Gibson Desert North — higher than 99% of areas.
| Gibson Desert North | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are large, with 35.3% holding six or more people and only 15.7% of residents living alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.7% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gibson Desert North, the largest group is 6 or more at 36%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.7%. One-parent families represent 17.2% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures.
17.2% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gibson Desert North, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Gibson Desert North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50540/gibson-desert-north/topic/family-households