2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gympie · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Gympie than in the rest of the country. This trend is part of a broader shift towards smaller living arrangements, as the typical number of people in each home has fallen to 2.3 since 2011.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gympie — lower than 57% of areas.
| Gympie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, with 32% of people living alone. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and reflects a steady increase since 2011.
2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.0% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Gympie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
23.7% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Gympie, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (24%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313006/gympie/topic/family-households