3.1 —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Googong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Googong than in most other areas, with a typical household holding 3.1 people. This growth in home size is driven by a high number of families and very few people living by themselves.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Googong — higher than 91% of areas.
| Googong | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, with 28.3% of households containing four people. This is reflected in the very low number of people living alone, at just 8.7%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
3.1 —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
8.7% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Googong splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 22%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75.1% of all families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.9%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.9% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Googong, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101021610/googong/topic/family-households