1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Golden Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Golden Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-three per cent of homes in Golden Point are occupied by a single person, which is far above the national figure. This high number of solo residents means the area has very small households compared to other parts of the country.
1.9
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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 Golden Point — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Golden Point holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5. Single-person households are among the highest at this level, making up 43.5% of all homes.
43.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Golden Point, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 2 people is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.2% of families here, while 39.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 15.6% of the total, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
15.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Golden Point splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21057/golden-point/topic/family-households