2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gerringong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gerringong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 10% of families in Gerringong are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure. This area is largely made up of family homes, though the typical number of people per house has fallen to 2.6 since 2011.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gerringong — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gerringong | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2534, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 38.6% of all households. While 22.8% of people live alone—a little below the national figure—this is an increase of 9.3 points since 2011.
22.8% ▲ +68.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gerringong, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59%. Only 9.5% of families are led by a single parent, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and has fallen since 2011.
9.5% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gerringong, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Gerringong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115064/gerringong/topic/family-households