2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goomalling · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Goomalling
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Goomalling, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a shift from 2011, and the area now sees a higher proportion of people living alone than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Goomalling — lower than 86% of areas.
| Goomalling | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical household size has fallen to 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
31.9% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goomalling, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.1% of families here, while those without children account for 36.6%. One-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goomalling, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Goomalling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53710/goomalling/topic/family-households