2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bookham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bookham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Bookham have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong lean towards traditional pairings. Most of the local population lives in couples, and the area has far fewer single-parent families than the state or national figures.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Bookham — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bookham | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2582, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common here, making up 42.2% of all homes. The typical home has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure.
24.4% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bookham, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 6 or more (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53% of families, while couples without children account for 41%. Only 3% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below the 14.1% national average.
3.0% ▼ -74.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bookham, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Bookham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10476/bookham/topic/family-households