2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Cowra than in previous years, with a growing number of residents now living on their own. This shift is reflected in the typical home size, which is smaller than both the state and national figures.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cowra — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cowra | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2794, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high number of residents live alone in Cowra, at 33.5%, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.5% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cowra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.5% of the local total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.0%.
18.5% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowra, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11099/cowra/topic/family-households