Goodnight · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Goodnight

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a roof in Goodnight than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people per home. This is a place where family units are common, though a surprising number of residents also live by themselves.

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📍 Goodnight, Suburb / Locality

Where Goodnight sits — Average household size

2.7 ▲ +8.0%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Goodnight — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Goodnight2.7
2736, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 45% of homes house two people, while 27.6% of residents live alone. This last figure is a little above the national figure of 25.6% and higher than most similar areas.

2.7 ▲ +8.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.6% ▲ +74.0%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.9%
  • 2016: 32.4%
  • 2021: 27.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Goodnight, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 57.1% of families here. Only 10% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.

10.0% ▲ +102.2%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Goodnight, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

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 Goodnight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11707/goodnight/topic/family-households