Bolivia · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bolivia

How families and households are made up across the area.

Very few people share a roof in Bolivia, where the typical home holds just 1.9 people. This makes the area stand out as having much smaller households than most of the country, with a high number of people living on their own.

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📍 Bolivia, Suburb / Locality

Where Bolivia sits — Average household size

1.9
  • 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 Bolivia — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bolivia1.9
2372, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 35.1% of people live alone, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home is so small, with 48.6% of households containing only two people.

1.9

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.1%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 46.2%
  • 2021: 35.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bolivia, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 42%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up only 5.7% of the area, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples, with 52.8% having no children and 45.3% having children.

5.7%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bolivia, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 44%.

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 Bolivia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10446/bolivia/topic/family-households