1.6 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowen Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowen Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Bowen Hills are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out as a hub for single-person households compared to the rest of Queensland.
1.6
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Hills — lower than 97% of areas.
| Bowen Hills | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 4006, QLD | 1.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 51.2% of people living alone, Bowen Hills has some of the highest rates of single-person homes in the region. This explains why the typical home here has only 1.6 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
51.2% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowen Hills, 1 person is the majority at 51%; 2 people is next at 37%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group here at 63.6%. One-parent families account for 8.9% of the total, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
8.9% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowen Hills, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30343/bowen-hills/topic/family-households