2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goornong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Goornong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Goornong (L) have remained stable over the last decade, with a steady average of 2.6 people per home. This is a family-focused area where nearly two-thirds of households are couples with children.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Goornong — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 21.7% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This low rate of solo living helps explain why the typical home here holds more people than in most other areas.
21.7% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goornong, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.4%, while one-parent families account for 11.9%. This last figure is a little below the Australian average of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goornong, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Goornong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222028/goornong/topic/family-households