2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goldsborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goldsborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Goldsborough than in the rest of Australia, with only 13.1% of households being single-person homes. This creates a distinct domestic profile for the area, where larger households and family-based living are much more common than typical Queensland patterns.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Goldsborough — higher than 81% of areas.
| Goldsborough | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4865, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Goldsborough are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. The most common household size is two people (36.8%), while 24% of homes hold four people.
13.1% ▲ +71.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goldsborough, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 63.9% of families having children. Only 9% are one-parent families, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
9.0% ▲ +41.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goldsborough, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Goldsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31182/goldsborough/topic/family-households