2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balonne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Balonne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 31% of people in Balonne live alone, a figure well above the national average. This trend has grown since 2011 and reflects a shift in how the local population is housed. While many households are small, over half of the families here still include children.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Balonne — lower than 64% of areas.
| Balonne | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4486, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Balonne holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the number of people living alone has risen to 30.5%, which is well above both the state and national averages.
30.5% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balonne splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 52.4%. One-parent families have become more common, now representing 16.3% of the total, which is a little above the Australian figure.
16.3% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balonne, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Balonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011171/balonne/topic/family-households