Gooramadda · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gooramadda

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are much more common in Gooramadda than in most similar areas. The community is split almost evenly between couples with children and those without, while a third of all homes are occupied by just one person.

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📍 Gooramadda, Suburb / Locality

Where Gooramadda sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Gooramadda — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gooramadda2.3
3685, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Gooramadda holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 33.3% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.5%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Gooramadda, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up nearly half of all families here. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the 14.1% recorded across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Gooramadda splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (44%), with Other families at 9%.

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 Gooramadda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21067/gooramadda/topic/family-households