2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowes · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cowes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people in Cowes live alone, which is well above the national figure. This shift toward smaller households means the typical home now holds just 2.1 people, down from 2.5 a decade ago.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Cowes — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 34.9% of people living alone—a figure that has risen nearly 9 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size is lower than in most other areas.
34.9% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowes, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 44.0%. One-parent families account for 14.9%, which is about the same as the national average and has barely changed since 2011.
14.9% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cowes splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214006/cowes/topic/family-households