2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gowanbrae · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gowanbrae
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Gowanbrae compared to the state and national figures. This area is mostly made up of family homes, with the typical household containing 2.7 people. This is higher than most other similar areas across the country.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gowanbrae — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 21.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Most homes are occupied by two people (28.3%) or four people (22.5%).
21.3% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gowanbrae, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 67.1%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gowanbrae, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Gowanbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21079/gowanbrae/topic/family-households