2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goomalling · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Goomalling
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Goomalling than in the rest of the country. This contributes to a smaller typical household size, with just 2.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Goomalling — lower than 86% of areas.
| Goomalling | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6460, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 41.8% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
41.8% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goomalling, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.1% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.6% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goomalling, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Goomalling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50569/goomalling/topic/family-households