2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balwyn North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Balwyn North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live together in Balwyn North than in most similar areas, with 2.9 people per home. This is a family-focused suburb where the vast majority of households are couples with children.
2.9
→ 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 Balwyn North — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This low number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is a little above the Victorian average.
16.8% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balwyn North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 70.4%. One-parent families account for 11.3%, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has risen slightly since 2011.
11.3% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balwyn North, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011148/balwyn-north/topic/family-households