2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balranald · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Balranald
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Balranald than in 2011, with 28.4% of households now consisting of one person. This shift is part of a broader trend where the typical home size has edged up slightly to 2.5 people. Family structures remain diverse, with over half of all families including children.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Balranald — higher than 71% of areas.
| Balranald | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The proportion of people living alone has risen to 28.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. While two-person homes are the most common at 36.6%, the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure.
28.4% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balranald, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54%, while couples without children account for 31.9%. One-parent families now make up 13.1% of the total, a figure that has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balranald, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10300/balranald/topic/family-households