Bowgada · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bowgada

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Bowgada have remained steady over the last decade, with couples making up every single family unit. The area is almost entirely composed of pairs, with a total lack of single-parent households. This makes the local family landscape very different from the rest of the state.

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📍 Bowgada, Suburb / Locality

Where Bowgada sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Bowgada — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bowgada2.4
6623, WA 2.3
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Bowgada has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Bowgada splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

No one-parent families live here, a figure that is far below the 13.5% seen across Western Australia. Instead, families consist of couples with children (56.5%) and couples without children (43.5%).

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bowgada, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 43%.

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 Bowgada [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50166/bowgada/topic/family-households