2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Golden Plains · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Golden Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 2.9 people live in the typical home in Golden Plains, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This reflects a community where large households are common and very few people live on their own.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Golden Plains — higher than 89% of areas.
| Golden Plains | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.5% of people live alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and national averages. This helps explain why the typical home size has edged up to 2.9 people since 2011.
16.5% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Golden Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 9.0% of the total, which is much lower than most other areas.
9.0% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Golden Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Golden Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22490/golden-plains/topic/family-households