2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowwarr · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowwarr
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Cowwarr are couples with children. This is a place where larger households are common and people are far less likely to live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Cowwarr — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. Only 13.2% of households consist of one person, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
13.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowwarr, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.1% of families, while 37.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.8% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowwarr, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Cowwarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20659/cowwarr/topic/family-households