2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowral - Mittagong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bowral - Mittagong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families have lived in Bowral - Mittagong since 2011, where that group fell by 7.7 percentage points. Today, the area is mostly made up of couples, with over half of families having children. This shift contributes to a trend of smaller households across the region.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Bowral - Mittagong — lower than 57% of areas.
| Bowral - Mittagong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2576, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bowral - Mittagong has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 28.5% of residents live alone, a rate well above the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
28.5% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowral - Mittagong, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.8% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowral - Mittagong, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Bowral - Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112004/bowral-mittagong/topic/family-households