2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Golden Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Golden Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are far more common in Golden Bay than in most similar areas. With an average of 2.8 people per home, this community is more crowded than the state and national figures. This trend is driven by a high number of families with children and very few people living on their own.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Golden Bay — higher than 76% of areas.
| Golden Bay | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6174, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 20.4% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.4% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Golden Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.5% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples with children, who account for 60.5% of the total.
20.5% ▲ +48.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Golden Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Golden Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50566/golden-bay/topic/family-households