2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bobs Farm · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bobs Farm
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Bobs Farm, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure, making it a place where smaller living arrangements are more common than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Farm — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bobs Farm | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2316, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes here hold two people, which helps explain why the typical household size is lower than the state and national figures. About 24.6% of residents live alone, a rate that is about the same as across Australia.
24.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bobs Farm, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 45.4%, though 41.9% of families do have children. One-parent families account for 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.9% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bobs Farm splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10428/bobs-farm/topic/family-households