3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bow Bowing · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bow Bowing
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 70% of families in Bow Bowing are couples with children, making it a primary hub for larger households. This focus on family life is reflected in the typical home size, which is much larger than in most other similar areas.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Bow Bowing — higher than 88% of areas.
| Bow Bowing | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2566, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bow Bowing are often crowded, with 3.1 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 13.9%, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.9% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bow Bowing splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.9%. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.4% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bow Bowing, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Bow Bowing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10524/bow-bowing/topic/family-households