2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gootchie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gootchie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in Gootchie are couples without children, making this the most common family type in the area. The community is mostly made up of small households, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
—
- 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 Gootchie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gootchie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.3 people, slightly below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 20% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gootchie, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.9% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Other common family types include couples with children at 37.1%.
22.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gootchie, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Gootchie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31206/gootchie/topic/family-households