3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Cowal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Cowal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is much higher than the typical Australian household in Lake Cowal. This is a sparsely populated area where most homes are larger than the state and national figures. Families with children make up the vast majority of the local living arrangements.
3.0
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- 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 Lake Cowal — higher than 86% of areas.
| Lake Cowal | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2671, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 3.0 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Lake Cowal splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.5% of families, while one-parent families account for 9.4%. This last figure is well below the 14.0% seen across New South Wales and 14.1% nationally.
9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Cowal, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Lake Cowal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12253/lake-cowal/topic/family-households