2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bombo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bombo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 12% of people live alone in Bombo, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area stand out as a place where most residents share their homes, resulting in larger households than those found in most other parts of the country.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Bombo — higher than 81% of areas.
| Bombo | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2533, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per house compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 39%, while only 11.9% of residents live by themselves.
11.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bombo, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55%. One-parent families account for 7.9% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
7.9% ▼ -65.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bombo, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Bombo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10457/bombo/topic/family-households