2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowen Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowen Mountain
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Bowen Mountain than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where nearly 66% of households are couples with children. The typical home here is larger than the national average, reflecting a strong presence of multi-person households.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Bowen Mountain — higher than 81% of areas.
| Bowen Mountain | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2753, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.9 people per home, households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 14.6%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.6% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowen Mountain, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Bowen Mountain are couples with children, making up 65.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.5%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.5% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowen Mountain, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Bowen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10526/bowen-mountain/topic/family-households