2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gorokan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gorokan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Gorokan than in most similar areas. This is a place where small households are common, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gorokan — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gorokan | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2263, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. These single-person homes and two-person households make up the bulk of the area, accounting for 67.5% of all dwellings.
33.3% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gorokan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.4% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family across similar areas.
26.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gorokan, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Gorokan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11727/gorokan/topic/family-households