2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bostocks Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bostocks Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Bostocks Creek are couples without children, making it a place where smaller households are common. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, there is a notably high number of people living on their own compared to most areas.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Bostocks Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.1% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 46.9% of all homes.
28.1% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bostocks Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children lead the way at 47.9%, while 43.7% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 12.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but a little below the Australian average.
12.7% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bostocks Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Bostocks Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20306/bostocks-creek/topic/family-households