2.1 ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bombala · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bombala
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of households in Bombala are people living alone, which is far higher than the national figure. This shift is part of a larger trend toward smaller living arrangements. The typical home now holds just 2.1 people, down from 2.8 in 2011.
2.1
▼ -25.0%
- 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 Bombala — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bombala | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2632, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households have surged to 37.6% since 2011, leaving Bombala with a much higher proportion of solo residents than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than the New South Wales figure of 2.6 people.
37.6% ▲ +153.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bombala splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 46.9%, while one-parent families have risen to 16.3%. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.3% ▲ +68.9%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bombala, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115021/bombala/topic/family-households