2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boorowa · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Boorowa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children are the most common family type in Boorowa, making up 44.5% of all families. The town has a high number of people living alone, and the typical home size has shrunk over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Boorowa — lower than 64% of areas.
| Boorowa | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2586, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 36.2% of people in Boorowa now live alone, a figure that rose 19 points since 2011 and is far above the national rate. This shift helps explain why the typical home now holds only 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
36.2% ▲ +116.2%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Boorowa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen 3.2 points since 2011, while couples without children account for 39.1% of families.
16.1% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boorowa, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (39%) 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 Boorowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115023/boorowa/topic/family-households