2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goolma · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is a striking gap for Goolma compared to the national figure. While most households here are couples, the area maintains a family structure that differs sharply from the rest of New South Wales.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Goolma — lower than 57% of areas.
| Goolma | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2852, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Goolma holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 24.2% of people live alone, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
24.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Goolma, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58% of families here. There are no one-parent families in the area, a result that is far below the 14.1% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Goolma, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 44%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Goolma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11713/goolma/topic/family-households