2.4 —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nowra - Bomaderry · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nowra - Bomaderry
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Nowra - Bomaderry than in most similar areas. This reflects a family landscape where 20.6% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. While household sizes remain steady, the number of people living alone has grown since the last census.
2.4
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- 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 Nowra - Bomaderry — higher than 57% of areas.
| Nowra - Bomaderry | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2541, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. Typical homes hold 2.4 people, a rate that is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
29.4% —
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nowra - Bomaderry, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.6% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and rose 2.9 percentage points since 2016. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.
20.6% —
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nowra - Bomaderry, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Nowra - Bomaderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112015/nowra-bomaderry/topic/family-households