2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gunn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gunn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 14.8% of people live alone in Gunn, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This makes the area much more crowded than most others, with a high number of people sharing each home. Most households here are family-based, and the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Gunn — higher than 81% of areas.
| Gunn | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 0832, NT | 2.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, Gunn is much more crowded than most areas and slightly above the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 30.9% of homes have two people and 20.6% have four.
14.8% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gunn, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.2% of families here. One-parent families represent 14.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.
14.9% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gunn, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Gunn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70116/gunn/topic/family-households