2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowral · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bowral
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Bowral live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas. This trend has grown since 2011, making the local housing mix distinct from the state average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Bowral — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bowral | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2576, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 42.5%, while 29.2% of residents live alone. Because of this, the typical home in Bowral holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
29.2% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowral, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.4% of families, but one-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere. At 10.7%, this figure is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0% and has fallen since 2011.
10.7% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowral, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Bowral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/114021284/bowral/topic/family-households