2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boorowa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boorowa
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Boorowa are headed by someone living alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person homes contributes to smaller typical household sizes across the town.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Boorowa — lower than 76% of areas.
| Boorowa | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2586, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33% of people here live alone, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Consequently, the typical home in Boorowa holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.0% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boorowa, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families, while 39% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.9%, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
11.9% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boorowa, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Boorowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10501/boorowa/topic/family-households