2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gilgering · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gilgering
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 65% of families in Gilgering are couples with children. This is a place where larger households are common and far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Gilgering — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gilgering | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6302, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Gilgering hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
20.0% ▲ +52.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gilgering, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 65.6%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
14.1% ▲ +216.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gilgering, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Gilgering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50543/gilgering/topic/family-households