2.2 ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gilgandra · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gilgandra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Gilgandra is most likely to house just two people, making it a place where small households are common. This shift is driven by a significant rise in people living alone, with 35.5% of households now consisting of one person.
2.2
▼ -24.1%
- 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 Gilgandra — lower than 64% of areas.
| Gilgandra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2827, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of New South Wales, rising 17 points since 2011. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.5% ▲ +90.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gilgandra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.5% of the local total, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This represents a sharp increase of 18 points since 2011 and is among the highest proportions seen in similar areas.
30.5% ▲ +140.4%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gilgandra splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (35%) and Couples without children (33%), with One-parent families at 30%.
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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115065/gilgandra/topic/family-households