2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goonengerry · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goonengerry
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Goonengerry than in most other similar areas. While many households consist of couples, there is a striking number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -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 Goonengerry — lower than 71% of areas.
| Goonengerry | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2482, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This contributes to a high rate of single-person households, with 29.8% of people living alone—well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
29.8% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Goonengerry splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families, while those without children account for 37.7%. One-parent families represent 13.8% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% ▼ -38.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goonengerry, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Goonengerry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11718/goonengerry/topic/family-households