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Family & Households in Bawley Point

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much fewer one-parent families live in Bawley Point compared to the state or national figures. This is a place where nearly half of all homes house couples without children, and the typical household is smaller than the Australian average.

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Where Bawley Point sits — Average household size

2.2 ▲ +4.8%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bawley Point — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bawley Point2.2
2539, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Bawley Point hold 2.2 people on average, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 26.4% of people live alone, a rate slightly above the New South Wales average.

2.2 ▲ +4.8%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.4% ▼ -21.2%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.5%
  • 2016: 31.3%
  • 2021: 26.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bawley Point, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up only 7.7% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% national average. The community is split almost evenly between couples with children (46.7%) and those without (45.1%).

7.7% ▼ -35.1%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 7.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bawley Point splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Bawley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10235/bawley-point/topic/family-households