2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Bowen are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area is marked by a high number of people living on their own, with nearly 30% of homes housing only one person.
2.4
→ 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 Bowen — lower than 57% of areas.
| Bowen | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4805, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 29.2% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
29.2% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowen, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children account for 50.6% of families, while 33.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
14.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowen, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30342/bowen/topic/family-households