2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowman · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 8% of families in Bowman are headed by a single parent, which is well below the national figure. The area is mostly made up of couples, with nearly 90% of families consisting of partners living together. Most homes here are small, typically housing two or three people.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Bowman — lower than 57% of areas.
| Bowman | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2422, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 60% of the homes here, and the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Those living alone make up 22% of households, which is well below the Australian average.
22.0% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowman, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 7.9% of the total, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.5%, followed closely by couples with children at 41.6%.
7.9% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bowman splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 Bowman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10529/bowman/topic/family-households