2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bombala · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bombala
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Bombala are couples with children. This is the most common family type in the area, though a high number of people living alone means homes here are generally smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Bombala — lower than 81% of areas.
| Bombala | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2632, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical Bombala home, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 35.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is far above the New South Wales rate of 25%.
35.3% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bombala splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.8% of families, while couples without children account for 37.2%. One-parent families make up 14.6%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bombala, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10454/bombala/topic/family-households