1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goolwa South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goolwa South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Goolwa South than in the rest of Australia, with 37.8% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means Goolwa South is much smaller in scale than typical areas, with only 1.9 people per home.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Goolwa South — lower than 89% of areas.
| Goolwa South | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5214, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Goolwa South is small, with 44.2% of households containing two people and 37.8% just one. This is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4 people per home.
37.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goolwa South, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 55.8%. One-parent families account for 14.3%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
14.3% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goolwa South, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Goolwa South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40524/goolwa-south/topic/family-households