2.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowen · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bowen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Bowen than in most similar areas. While typical household sizes are about the same as the national figure, the town has seen a notable rise in people living by themselves.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Bowen — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bowen | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4805, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.5% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.6% of all households.
30.5% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowen, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Roughly half of families are couples with children, while 33.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 15.7% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average.
15.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowen, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) 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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314006/bowen/topic/family-households