2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Geurie · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Geurie
How families and households are made up across the area.
A third of all households in Geurie are people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out among similar places, as single-person homes have become much more common here over the last decade.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Geurie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Geurie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2818, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of the population live by themselves, a figure that rose by 11 points since 2011. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Australia and New South Wales.
33.3% ▲ +50.5%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Geurie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the local total, a proportion that is much higher than in most other areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen slightly since 2011.
19.6% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Geurie, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Geurie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122059/geurie/topic/family-households