2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goorambat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goorambat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 6.3% of families in Goorambat are headed by one parent, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most homes are occupied by couples, creating a community where small, family-led households are the norm.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Goorambat — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Half of all households in Goorambat consist of two people, while 21.6% are people living alone. This rate of single-person homes is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.6% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goorambat, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.5% of families, while couples without children account for 44.2%. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than in most similar areas.
6.3% ▼ -51.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goorambat, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (44%) and One-parent families (6%).
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 Goorambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21068/goorambat/topic/family-households