2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gawler · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gawler
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Gawler (L) (Tas.), where a typical home holds 2.5 people. This trend is driven by a sharp decline in people living alone and a high proportion of families with children.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Gawler — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.5% of people live alone here, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen 14 points since 2011. Most homes hold two people (47.6%), while 21.4% hold four people.
16.5% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gawler, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 9.3% of the area, which is much lower than most similar places and well below the Tasmanian figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 55.5%.
9.3% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gawler, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622011/gawler/topic/family-households