2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cowan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Cowan than in the rest of the state, with only 15.3% of households being single-person homes. This shift toward larger groups means that households here are generally bigger than the national figure.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Cowan — higher than 86% of areas.
| Cowan | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2081, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cowan holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas and has edged up since 2011. This is consistent with the low number of single-person homes, which fell by 4.9 points over the last decade.
15.3% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowan, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.9%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.9% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowan, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121025/cowan/topic/family-households