2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gregory · State Electorate
Family & Households in Gregory
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 28% of people in Gregory live alone, which is a much higher proportion than most other areas. This rise in single-person homes has helped pull the typical household size down to 2.5 people since 2011. The area remains largely family-focused, though the mix of households is shifting.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Gregory — lower than 57% of areas.
| Gregory | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Single-person households rose by 8.8 percentage points since 2011, meaning 27.9% of residents now live alone.
27.9% ▲ +45.7%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gregory, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.9%, while couples without children account for 27%. One-parent families represent 14% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
14.0% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gregory, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Gregory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30031/gregory/topic/family-households