Bobs Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bobs Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Few people live alone in Bobs Creek, making it an area where most residents share their homes. The typical household has 2.9 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families and multi-person homes.

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Where Bobs Creek sits — Average household size

2.9
  • 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 Bobs Creek — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bobs Creek2.9
2439, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here are larger than the national figure, with 54.5% of households containing two people and 12.1% holding six or more. Notably, no one lives alone, which is far below the 25.6% national average.

2.9

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bobs Creek, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 4 people is next at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 32.6% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children and those without children also make up a large share, at 35.8% and 34.7% respectively.

32.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 32.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bobs Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (35%) and Couples without children (34%), with One-parent families at 32%.

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 Bobs Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10427/bobs-creek/topic/family-households