2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowper · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowper
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Cowper than in the rest of the country. While most homes contain about two people, the area has a much smaller share of people living alone compared to the state and national figures.
2.4
—
- 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 Cowper — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cowper | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 16.7% of people in Cowper live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Half of all households consist of two people, and the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as across New South Wales.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowper, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 49.3%, followed by couples with children at 22.5%.
25.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowper, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Cowper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11098/cowper/topic/family-households