Bounded Locality · Section of State

Family & Households in Bounded Locality

How families and households are made up across the area.

A high number of people living alone defines the daily life of Bounded Locality, where 32.4% of households are single-person homes. This is well above the national figure and contributes to the area having some of the lowest household occupancy rates among similar regions.

Open map →
📍 Bounded Locality, Section of State

Where Bounded Locality sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -4.3%
  • 1.5: 1 area
  • 1.6: 0 areas
  • 1.7: 1 area
  • 1.8: 0 areas
  • 1.9: 0 areas
  • 2.0: 0 areas
  • 2.1: 0 areas
  • 2.2: 1 area
  • 2.3: 6 areas
  • 2.4: 7 areas
  • 2.5: 7 areas
  • 2.6: 6 areas
  • 2.7: 3 areas
  • 2.8: 0 areas
  • 2.9: 1 area
  • 3.0: 3 areas
  • 3.1: 0 areas
  • 3.2: 0 areas
  • 3.3: 0 areas
  • 3.4: 0 areas
  • 3.5: 0 areas
  • 3.6: 1 area

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Bounded Locality — lower than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bounded Locality2.2
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here are small, with only 2.2 people per household, a figure that has edged down since 2011. About 32.4% of people live alone, which is much higher than the 25.6% national average.

2.2 ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 88% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.4% ▲ +7.0%

Higher than 95% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 30.2%
  • 2016: 30.7%
  • 2021: 32.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Bounded Locality, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 48.3% of families, while couples without children account for 37.5%. One-parent families make up 13.1% of the total, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.

13.1% ▲ +4.6%

Lower than 61% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 12.5%
  • 2016: 12.8%
  • 2021: 13.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Bounded Locality, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Bounded Locality

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS42/bounded-locality/topic/family-households