Goondi Bend · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Goondi Bend

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Goondi Bend include couples with children, making them the most common household type. While the typical home size is about 2.5 people, the area has a very high number of one-parent families and people living on their own.

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📍 Goondi Bend, Suburb / Locality

Where Goondi Bend sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Goondi Bend — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Goondi Bend2.5
4860, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a much higher proportion of single-person homes than most similar areas.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.3% ▲ +12.5%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.9%
  • 2016: 25.1%
  • 2021: 31.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Goondi Bend splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 30% of the total, a figure that is far above both the Queensland average of 15.4% and the national average of 14.1%.

30.0% ▲ +82.0%

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.5%
  • 2016: 19.0%
  • 2021: 30.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Goondi Bend, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (30%) and Couples without children (22%).

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 Goondi Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31200/goondi-bend/topic/family-households