2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gatton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gatton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Gatton than in most similar areas, with 2.6 people per household. This reflects a community where nearly half of all families have children, though the number of people living alone has grown significantly over the last decade.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Gatton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gatton | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4343, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.7% of people live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This is a notable increase from 2011, when only 19.3% lived by themselves.
27.7% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gatton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
21.2% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gatton, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314010/gatton/topic/family-households