1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bowden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, single-person homes define the daily feel of Bowden, where nearly half of all households consist of just one person. This trend means the area is far more likely to house people living alone compared to the rest of South Australia and the nation.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 Bowden — lower than 91% of areas.
| Bowden | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5007, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 45.6% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
45.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowden, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples without children, which is a high proportion. One-parent families make up 14% of the total, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
14.0% ▼ -33.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowden, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 Bowden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40146/bowden/topic/family-households