2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gawler
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Gawler (Tas.) than in most similar areas, with 18.1% of households consisting of just one person. This makes the area stand out as a place where larger households are more common, as the typical home holds 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Gawler — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the Tasmanian figure, with 2.6 people per household. This is reflected in the mix of residents, as 40% of homes hold two people and 18.8% hold four.
18.1% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gawler, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 57.6% of families having children and another 33.9% without. At 8.5%, the share of one-parent families is well below both the state and national figures.
8.5% ▲ +44.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gawler, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60222/gawler/topic/family-households