2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goornong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goornong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Goornong than in most similar areas. The community is largely made up of families, with 67.5% of households consisting of couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the low number of people living alone compared to state and national figures.
2.6
▼ -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 Goornong — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the low rate of people living alone, at 21.3%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.3% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goornong, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 67.5% of families in Goornong. One-parent families account for only 7.4%, a figure that is well below both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.4% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goornong, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Goornong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21069/goornong/topic/family-households