2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowleys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowleys Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
A balance between family homes and smaller households defines daily life in Cowleys Creek. About 40% of homes are couples with children, while the typical home holds 2.5 people, matching both the Victorian and national figures.
2.5
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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 Cowleys Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.5 people per home, household size in Cowleys Creek is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Cowleys Creek, 2 people is the majority at 77%; 4 people is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15% of the area, which is higher than most similar places and a little above the state average. This group sits alongside an equal split of couples with and without children, each representing 40% of families.
15.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cowleys Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Cowleys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20658/cowleys-creek/topic/family-households