2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowper · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Cowper
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Cowper consist of couples with children. However, the area is seeing a shift toward smaller households, with a growing number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Cowper — lower than 86% of areas.
| Cowper | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cowper are smaller than usual, with just 2.3 people per home. This is partly because 30.3% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
30.3% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowper, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is among the highest levels for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
18.3% ▲ +55.3%
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowper, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (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 Cowper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED110/cowper/topic/family-households