2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balwyn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Balwyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the national average, Balwyn's typical household size is 2.6 people. Most homes in the area are headed by couples with children, who make up 62.6% of all families. While the family structure is stable, the number of one-parent families has risen slightly since 2011.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Balwyn — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 30.5% of homes, making it the most common household size. While 25.4% of people live alone, the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
25.4% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balwyn, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children dominate the local landscape at 62.6%, while 23.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.0% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has risen since 2011.
13.0% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balwyn, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Balwyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011147/balwyn/topic/family-households