2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gowrie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gowrie
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower share of people live alone in Gowrie compared to most other areas. This makes the suburb stand out as a place where larger households are the norm, with an average of 2.8 people per home.
2.8
→ 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 Gowrie — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gowrie | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2904, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the ACT and national figures. Only 15.5% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.7% seen across the territory.
15.5% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gowrie, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 60.1% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.3%, which is a little above the ACT average.
13.3% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gowrie, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Gowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80065/gowrie/topic/family-households