2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bow Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bow Bridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people live alone in Bow Bridge, which is far above the national figure. This creates a unique housing pattern where small households are common, though the area still supports a fair number of larger families.
2.3
—
- 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 Bow Bridge — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bow Bridge | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.7% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because of this, the typical home in Bow Bridge holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national and state figures of 2.5.
36.7% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bow Bridge, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, which is a little above the national rate of 14.1%. Most other families are couples with children, who account for 43.6% of the mix.
16.4% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bow Bridge, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Bow Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50163/bow-bridge/topic/family-households