2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goovigen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goovigen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Goovigen, where a typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community where few people live on their own.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Goovigen — higher than 76% of areas.
| Goovigen | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.2% of people live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Homes here are often crowded, with 37.2% of households containing two people and another 33.6% holding three or four people.
14.2% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goovigen, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are family-based, with 60.8% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 12.4% of the total, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.4% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goovigen, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Goovigen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31207/goovigen/topic/family-households