2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goldfields · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Goldfields than in most similar areas. This is a place where almost every family is a couple, and it is very rare to find one-parent households.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Goldfields — lower than 71% of areas.
| Goldfields | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4380 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 2.3 people per home, Goldfields has a smaller typical household size than the Queensland figure of 2.5 and the national figure of 2.5.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Goldfields, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 45%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 51.4% having no children and 45.9% having children. Notably, one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total, which is far below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Goldfields, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31181/goldfields/topic/family-households