2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gisborne · Urban Area
Family & Households in Gisborne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone make Gisborne a place where family life is the norm. Most households here consist of couples with children, contributing to a typical home size of 2.8 people, which is higher than the national figure.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Gisborne — higher than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Gisborne are larger than most, with 2.8 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that only 17.3% of people live alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and national averages.
17.3% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gisborne, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are very common here, with couples with children making up 65.6% of the total. Only 9.3% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.3% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gisborne, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2009/gisborne/topic/family-households