2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gulargambone · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-one percent of people in Gulargambone live alone, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person households is the defining feature of the local living arrangements, which have shifted significantly over the last decade.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gulargambone — lower than 57% of areas.
| Gulargambone | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2828, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This stable household size masks a big change, as the share of people living alone rose 11 points since 2011 to reach 41.2%.
2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
41.2% ▲ +38.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Gulargambone, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.2% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has risen 21 points since 2011 and now equals the proportion of couples with children in the area.
39.2% ▲ +120.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Gulargambone splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (39%), with Couples without children at 20%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gulargambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122064/gulargambone/topic/family-households