2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boggabri · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boggabri
How families and households are made up across the area.
Boggabri has seen a shift in its living arrangements over the last decade, now marked by a high number of people living alone. While over half of the local families are couples with children, the typical home here is smaller than the national figure.
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 Boggabri — lower than 71% of areas.
| Boggabri | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2382, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This contributes to smaller households, with the typical home in Boggabri holding 2.3 people, slightly below the Australian average of 2.5.
30.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boggabri, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.9% of families, while 32.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.4% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boggabri, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Boggabri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10441/boggabri/topic/family-households