2.6 ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gunning · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gunning
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of families in Gunning (L) consist of couples with children, making it a strong hub for family living. This area has a high proportion of larger households, and the number of people living in each home has risen steadily over the last decade.
2.6
▲ +18.2%
- 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 Gunning — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gunning | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2581, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gunning (L) typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. The share of people living alone has dropped significantly since 2011, falling 11 points to 26.2%.
26.2% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gunning splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (25%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, a figure well below both the New South Wales and national rates. This is a notable decline from 2011, when that figure stood at 15.7%.
9.2% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gunning, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Gunning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121047/gunning/topic/family-households