2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gladstone · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gladstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of households in Gladstone (L) (SA) are made up of people living alone. This high number of single-person homes means that the typical home is smaller than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Gladstone — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gladstone | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5473, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 40.2% of people living alone, this figure is far above the national average of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. Consequently, homes here hold just 2.1 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
40.2% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (37%), with 4 people at 7%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen 6.2 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 40%.
18.9% ▲ +48.2%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421012/gladstone/topic/family-households