2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballarat · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Ballarat
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ballarat than in 2011, with 30.3% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift is part of a broader landscape where single-person homes are far more common than the state and national figures. While overall home sizes have remained steady, the area sees a notably high proportion of single-parent families.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ballarat — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ballarat | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of people in Ballarat live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
30.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ballarat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is much higher than in most other areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Over half of all families here are couples with children, while 27.9% are couples without children.
17.4% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballarat, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20570/ballarat/topic/family-households