2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gobarup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gobarup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Gobarup than in most similar areas, with over half of all families falling into this group. This is a striking contrast to the rest of the state and nation, where such households are much less common.
2.7
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- 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 Gobarup — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Gobarup, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 1 person is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 51.7% of the total, a figure far above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This group is much larger than couples with children, who account for 27.6% of families.
51.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gobarup, the largest group is One-parent families at 45%, followed by Couples with children (24%) and Couples without children (15%).
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 Gobarup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21052/gobarup/topic/family-households