2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nowra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Nowra, where over a third of households are now just one person. This trend contributes to a smaller typical home size than the national figure, with 35.5% of residents living alone.
2.2
→ 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 Nowra — lower than 76% of areas.
| Nowra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2541, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.2, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. This is consistent with a high number of single-person households, which are much more common here than in most other areas.
35.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nowra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.4% of the total, a figure that is far above the national and state averages. This is among the highest proportions of single-parent families for areas at this level.
26.4% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nowra, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (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 Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13039/nowra/topic/family-households