2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goulburn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goulburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people living alone than the state average defines the home life in Goulburn. While the typical household is smaller than the national figure, the area also sees a well above average number of single-parent families.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Goulburn — lower than 71% of areas.
| Goulburn | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.1% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Because so many people live alone, Goulburn has just 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
33.1% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Goulburn splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the local total, which is well above both the New South Wales and national figures. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 51.4% of the total.
18.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goulburn, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11731/goulburn/topic/family-households