2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goomeri · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goomeri
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty percent of people in Goomeri live alone, which is far more than the national figure. This means homes in the area are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per household on average.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Goomeri — lower than 81% of areas.
| Goomeri | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4601, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home is smaller than those in Queensland and Australia, largely because 40.3% of people live by themselves. This is among the highest rates for this kind of living arrangement in similar areas.
40.3% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Goomeri splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (36%), with 4 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.6% of the group, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.6% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goomeri, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Goomeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31197/goomeri/topic/family-households