2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gibson · State Electorate
Family & Households in Gibson
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person households shapes daily life in Gibson, where 32.6% of residents live alone. This is well above both state and national figures, contributing to a smaller typical household size than in most other areas.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Gibson — lower than 86% of areas.
| Gibson | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gibson has 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas and has edged up slightly since 2011. This is driven by a high proportion of one and two-person households, which together make up about 67% of the area.
32.6% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gibson splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.4%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national levels, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
14.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gibson, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Gibson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40018/gibson/topic/family-households