2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goldie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goldie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people per home is common in Goldie, which is much higher than in most other areas. This town is largely made up of families, with far fewer people living alone than the state and national figures.
2.8
▲ +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 Goldie — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Goldie holds 2.8 people, a little above the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5. Only 19.4% of households are people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.4% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goldie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 62.3%, while one-parent families account for 10.5%. This last figure is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.5% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goldie, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Goldie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21059/goldie/topic/family-households