2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gagebrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gagebrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Gagebrook are led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This high proportion of one-parent households shapes the local community, with homes typically housing more people than in most other areas.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Gagebrook — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often busier than usual, with a typical 2.6 people per household. While 27.1% of people live alone—a bit more than the national figure—the most common household size is two people at 30.3%.
27.1% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gagebrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 51.3% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children make up the next largest group at 34.7%.
51.3% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gagebrook, One-parent families is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Gagebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60218/gagebrook/topic/family-households