2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowes
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Cowes evolve over the last decade. The area now has a very high number of people living alone, with 34.8% of households consisting of just one person.
2.1
→ 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 Cowes — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 40.8% of homes holding two people and 34.8% holding one. This means the typical home has 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
34.8% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowes, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 43%, while 41.2% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cowes splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families 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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20657/cowes/topic/family-households