2.5 ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goldstein · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Goldstein
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone defines the shift in Goldstein, where 25.8% of households are now single-person dwellings. This is part of a broader move toward smaller living arrangements, as the typical number of people per home has fallen from 3.1 in 2011 to 2.5 today.
2.5
▼ -19.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Goldstein — lower than 57% of areas.
| Goldstein | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Goldstein now holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Single-person households have risen sharply by 11 percentage points since 2011, and two-person homes are now the most common at 32.1%.
25.8% ▲ +76.8%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goldstein, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
10.4% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goldstein, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Goldstein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED217/goldstein/topic/family-households