2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gympie · State Electorate
Family & Households in Gympie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Gympie than in most similar areas, with 27.4% of households consisting of a single person. This shift is part of a broader trend toward smaller living arrangements in the region. The typical home now holds 2.4 people, a figure that has dropped since 2011.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Gympie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gympie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households have risen sharply since 2011, now making up 27.4% of all homes, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 40.5%.
27.4% ▲ +54.4%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 14.1% national average.
16.5% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30032/gympie/topic/family-households