2.9 ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gisborne · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gisborne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68.1% of families in Gisborne, making it a place where large households are common. Homes here have grown since 2011, with the typical number of people per home now reaching 2.9.
2.9
▲ +26.1%
- 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 Gisborne — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gisborne are larger than most areas, with 2.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This shift is highlighted by a sharp drop in people living alone, who now make up 18.6% of households.
18.6% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gisborne, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 10.2% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gisborne, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213006/gisborne/topic/family-households