2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goulburn · State Electorate
Family & Households in Goulburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
A mix of family types defines daily life in Goulburn, where over half of all families include children. The typical home here houses 2.5 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011 to align with national patterns.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Goulburn — lower than 57% of areas.
| Goulburn | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most of the 26.9% of residents living alone is a figure a little above the national average. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.9% of all households.
26.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goulburn, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 13.0% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
13.0% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goulburn, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10031/goulburn/topic/family-households