2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Golden Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Golden Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-parent families defines the home lives of many in Golden Gully. This area sees 16.2% of families led by one parent, which is much higher than most similar areas. While household sizes are generally typical for the region, there is a notable number of people living on their own.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Golden Gully — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. This contributes to a mix of home sizes, with 34.1% of households consisting of two people and 2.6 people living in the typical home.
29.3% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Golden Gully splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.6%. However, one-parent families are a little more common here than in the rest of Victoria or Australia, representing 16.2% of the total.
16.2% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Golden Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Golden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21055/golden-gully/topic/family-households