2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goonellabah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Goonellabah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Goonellabah live alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households defines the local living patterns. The area also sees a much higher rate of one-parent families compared to most other parts of the country.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Goonellabah — lower than 64% of areas.
| Goonellabah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One in three residents lives alone, a figure that has risen since 2011. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.4 people remains about the same as the New South Wales figure.
31.0% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Goonellabah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.9% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Half of all families are couples with children, while 28.4% are couples without children.
19.9% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goonellabah, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Goonellabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112021246/goonellabah/topic/family-households