2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cowra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Cowra than in most similar areas, with 34.6% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Cowra — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cowra | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2794, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Because of this, Cowra has a lower number of people per home (2.3) than the national typical of 2.5.
34.6% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cowra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.9%.
19.3% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowra, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021063/cowra/topic/family-households