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.
Bowral · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowral
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Bowral than in other parts of the state, with 31.2% of households consisting of a single person. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the national average. Most homes here are occupied by either a couple or a single resident.
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 Bowral — lower than 76% of areas.
| Bowral | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2576, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 41%, which helps explain why the typical home in Bowral has 2.2 people, a figure a little below the national average of 2.5. Single-person homes are also very common at 31.2%, well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
31.2% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowral, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.2% of families, while 40.7% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowral, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) 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 Bowral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10534/bowral/topic/family-households