3.0 ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fowler · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Fowler
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the common experience in Fowler, reflecting some of the highest household densities in the region. This is a community where large households are the norm and very few people live on their own. The area has seen a shift toward larger homes and more single-parent families over the last decade.
3.0
▲ +25.0%
- 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 Fowler — higher than 93% of areas.
| Fowler | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fowler has seen a rise in household size, moving from 2.4 to 3.0 people per home since 2011. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, while the proportion of people living alone is much lower than most areas at 20.4%.
20.4% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fowler, the largest group is 2 people at 26%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This figure has risen 5.1 points since 2011, though the most common family type remains couples with children at 61.5%.
20.2% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fowler, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Fowler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED115/fowler/topic/family-households