2.1 ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goomeri · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Goomeri
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive rise in single-person living has reshaped Goomeri (L) since 2011. The area now sees far more people living alone than the national figure, which has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 2.1.
2.1
▼ -32.3%
- 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 Goomeri — lower than 71% of areas.
| Goomeri | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4601, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 42.7% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure that is far above the national average and has jumped 36 points since 2011. This shift helps explain why Goomeri (L) has fewer people per home than most other areas.
42.7% ▲ +495.6%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goomeri, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.8% of the local mix, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This proportion has risen 13 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 41.3%.
19.8% ▲ +210.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goomeri, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (36%) 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 Goomeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321048/goomeri/topic/family-households