2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bovell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bovell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68% of households in Bovell, making it a strong family area. This is a place where homes are generally more crowded than the national figure, and very few people live by themselves.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Bovell — higher than 81% of areas.
| Bovell | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bovell holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the state and national figure of 2.5. Only 7.2% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
7.2% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bovell, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up just 4.4%. This is well below the national average of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
4.4% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bovell, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Bovell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50162/bovell/topic/family-households