2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cowell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live together in Cowell than in the typical Australian home. The town has a higher rate of people living alone than the national figure, and homes here generally hold fewer people than they did in 2011.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Cowell — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cowell | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5602, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cowell holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is partly because 31.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
31.2% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowell, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families here at 49.4%. One-parent families account for 11.0% of the total, which is well below the national and state figures, though this proportion has risen since 2011.
11.0% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowell, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Cowell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421008/cowell/topic/family-households