2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goulburn · Urban Area
Family & Households in Goulburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Goulburn are couples with children. This is a place where small households are common, and a high number of people live on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Goulburn — lower than 86% of areas.
| Goulburn | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home in Goulburn holds just 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas.
32.7% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Goulburn splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
18.3% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goulburn, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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/sua/1014/goulburn/topic/family-households