2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goodooga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Goodooga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in Goodooga live alone, which is a much higher rate than most similar areas. This rise in single-person households comes alongside a high number of one-parent families. The community is seeing a shift in how people live, with a notable increase in both single residents and single-parent homes.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Goodooga — higher than 57% of areas.
| Goodooga | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2838, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 39.3% of people here live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. While the typical home has 2.4 people, this is lower than it was in 2011 when the average was 2.7.
39.3% ▲ +96.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goodooga, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.8% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for any area at this level and has risen by 14 points since 2011.
35.8% ▲ +68.1%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Goodooga splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (38%), with Couples without children 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 Goodooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122061/goodooga/topic/family-households