2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bowen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Bowen than in most other areas, with 30.2% of households consisting of a single person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While most homes follow typical sizes, the number of single-person households has grown since 2011.
2.4
→ 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 Bowen — lower than 64% of areas.
| Bowen | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4805, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people here live alone, which is well above the 24.7% seen across Queensland. Despite this rise in single residents, the typical home size of 2.4 people has barely changed over the last decade.
30.2% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowen, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children. One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and has remained steady since 2011.
15.6% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowen, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312011337/bowen/topic/family-households