2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gorae West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gorae West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Gorae West than in most similar areas, with 2.6 people per home. This is a place where family life is common, as over half of all households consist of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Gorae West — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, though 28.1% of people live alone, which is higher than in most other areas. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.8% of the total.
28.1% ▲ +104.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gorae West, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.4%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Australian average.
12.4% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gorae West, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21072/gorae-west/topic/family-households