2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowmans Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowmans Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Bowmans Forest have remained steady since 2011, with 46.1% of families consisting of couples with children. This rural area sees a high proportion of both parents and childless couples, though it has fewer single-parent households than the state average.
2.4
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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 Bowmans Forest — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bowmans Forest houses 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Most households are small, with 55% containing two people and 22.5% of residents living alone, a figure well below the Victorian average.
22.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowmans Forest, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a low proportion compared to most similar areas, where couples with or without children make up the vast majority of families.
9.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bowmans Forest splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Bowmans Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20312/bowmans-forest/topic/family-households