2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gordon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gordon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are more common in Gordon than in most similar areas. The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Tasmanian and national figures. This is a place where half of all families are couples without children.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Gordon — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 23.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. Most homes are small, with 52.2% of households containing just two people.
23.9% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gordon, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.2% of the area, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Couples with children account for 41% of families.
7.2% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gordon, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 Gordon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60239/gordon/topic/family-households