2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gorae · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gorae
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Gorae compared to the state or national average. This is a place where households are typically larger, with 2.8 people per home and a high proportion of families with children.
2.8
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- 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 Gorae — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Gorae are often more crowded than in other areas, with a typical size of 2.8 people. Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gorae, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 69% of the total. One-parent families are much less common at 6.1%, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
6.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gorae, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Gorae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21071/gorae/topic/family-households