2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goschen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goschen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families now live in Goschen than in most similar areas, making up 16.7% of the local total. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. While most homes are occupied by couples, the typical household size is slightly smaller than the national average.
2.3
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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 Goschen — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
There are typically 2.3 people per home here, which is a little below both the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Goschen, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, accounting for 16.7% of families. Other households are mostly made up of couples with children (53.3%) and couples without children (40.0%).
16.7% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goschen, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Goschen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21076/goschen/topic/family-households