Bounded Locality · Section of State

Family & Households in Bounded Locality

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Bounded Locality are couples with children. This community sees a high number of single-person households and one-parent families, marking it as distinct from most other similar areas.

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📍 Bounded Locality, Section of State

Where Bounded Locality sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -7.7%
  • 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 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bounded Locality2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and a rise since 2011. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Australia.

2.4 ▼ -7.7%

Lower than 71% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.1% ▲ +17.8%

Higher than 93% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 27.3%
  • 2016: 29.2%
  • 2021: 32.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Bounded Locality splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.

18.5% ▲ +9.9%

Higher than 87% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 16.8%
  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 18.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bounded Locality, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) 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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS52/bounded-locality/topic/family-households