2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bombowlee · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bombowlee
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Bombowlee than in many other areas, with the typical home holding 2.6 people. This is a family-focused community where over half of all households are couples raising children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Bombowlee — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bombowlee | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2720, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 43.3% of the total. Only 22.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.1% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bombowlee, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 56.5% of the area. Single-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of the country, accounting for just 9.3% compared to 14.1% nationally.
9.3% ▲ +249.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bombowlee, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Bombowlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10458/bombowlee/topic/family-households