2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goombungee · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Goombungee
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Goombungee than in other similar areas, with 21% of households fitting this description. This is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. While household sizes have grown since 2011, the area remains a mix of small single-person homes and larger family groups.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Goombungee — higher than 64% of areas.
| Goombungee | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4354, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Goombungee hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 28.8% of residents live alone, a rate well above the Queensland and Australian averages.
28.8% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goombungee, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21% of the local total, which is much higher than most areas and rose by 2.6 percentage points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.5%.
21.0% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goombungee, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Goombungee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321047/goombungee/topic/family-households