2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ballina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Ballina than in the rest of the country, with 35.8% of households consisting of one person. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is smaller than the state and national figures. The area also has a notably higher proportion of one-parent families compared to other similar places.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Ballina — lower than 89% of areas.
| Ballina | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ballina has 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 35.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
35.8% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ballina splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.0% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. While this is still much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
19.0% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ballina splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011236/ballina/topic/family-households