2.2 ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gayndah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gayndah
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 42.8% of families in Gayndah consist of couples with children. While many families live here, the town has seen a sharp rise in people living alone, which has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 2.2.
2.2
▼ -24.1%
- 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 Gayndah — lower than 64% of areas.
| Gayndah | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4625, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than a third of households are made up of just one person, a figure that has jumped 20 points since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and helps explain why the typical home in Gayndah is smaller than those in most other areas.
35.1% ▲ +138.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gayndah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the local total, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures. This proportion of families has risen by 7.6 points since the 2011 census.
20.2% ▲ +59.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gayndah, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Gayndah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315036/gayndah/topic/family-households