2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Bourke
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of residents in North Bourke now live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct social landscape where single-person households are common, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people.
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 North Bourke — lower than 57% of areas.
| North Bourke | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2840, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.8% of homes are occupied by just one person, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. These single-person homes are the most common household type, followed by two-person homes at 27.2%.
35.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Bourke, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (61.1%), while one-parent families make up 9.0% of the total. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Bourke, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 North Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12995/north-bourke/topic/family-households