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Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter

Household type

In Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter, 31.3% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 45.1% in Redlynch - Lamb Range.

Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter - Total households (Enumerated)20212006Change
Households by typeNumber%Redlynch - Lamb Range %Number%Redlynch - Lamb Range %2006 to 2021
Couples with children1,01931.345.178337.545.0+235
Couples without children90727.823.357827.721.9+329
One parent families40512.411.122610.89.6+178
Other families311.00.6170.80.5+14
Group household822.52.4361.83.5+45
Lone person60118.512.935316.911.1+248
Other not classifiable household1935.92.7783.82.9+114
Visitor only households190.62.0160.85.5+3
Total households3,257100.0100.02,090100.0100.0+1,166
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter in 2021 compared to Redlynch - Lamb Range shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 31.3% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 12.4% were one-parent families, compared with 45.1% and 11.1% respectively for Redlynch - Lamb Range.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 18.5% compared to 12.9% in Redlynch - Lamb Range while the proportion of couples without children was 27.8% compared to 23.3% in Redlynch - Lamb Range.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter increased by 1,167 between 2006 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Gordonvale - Goldsborough - Mount Peter between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+329 households)
  • Lone person (+248 households)
  • Couples with children (+235 households)
  • One parent families (+178 households)

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