2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gidgegannup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gidgegannup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Gidgegannup, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a family-focused community where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gidgegannup — higher than 81% of areas.
| Gidgegannup | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6083, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 12% of residents live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
12.0% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gidgegannup, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.6% of families here. One-parent families are less common at 6.7%, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 13.5%.
6.7% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gidgegannup, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Gidgegannup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50542/gidgegannup/topic/family-households