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.
Golden Square · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Golden Square
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Golden Square are couples with children, making them the most common household type. However, the area is also marked by a very high number of people living alone. This mix contributes to a smaller typical household size than seen across the state.
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 Golden Square — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with a typical home holding 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 32.4% of people living alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
32.4% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Golden Square splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Other family types include couples without children at 29.6%.
19.7% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Golden Square, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Square [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21058/golden-square/topic/family-households