3.1 ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Googong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Googong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Googong than in the rest of Australia. The area is dominated by larger households, with a typical home holding 3.1 people. This is a significant increase from 2.3 people per home in 2011.
3.1
▲ +34.8%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Googong — higher than 88% of areas.
| Googong | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 28.3% containing four people. Only 8.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen sharply since 2011.
8.7% ▼ -73.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Googong splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Googong are couples with children, making up 75.1% of the total. One-parent families account for only 6.9%, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
6.9% ▼ -69.1%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Googong, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114012/googong/topic/family-households