2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gosnells · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gosnells
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in five homes in Gosnells is headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a local landscape where a high number of people live alone and family structures vary widely from the typical Australian experience.
2.5
→ 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 Gosnells — higher than 50% of areas.
| Gosnells | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6110, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the usual home size of 2.5 people matches state and national figures, many residents live independently. About 31.7% of households consist of one person, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
31.7% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gosnells splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.1% of the local total, which is much higher than most other areas. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
20.1% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gosnells, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Gosnells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50574/gosnells/topic/family-households