2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballarat · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Ballarat
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ballarat than a decade ago, with the share of single-person households rising to 29.9%. This reflects a broader shift in how the city is organised, although the typical number of people per home has remained steady since 2011.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Ballarat — lower than 71% of areas.
| Ballarat | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of households in Ballarat consist of one person, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, the most common household size is two people, at 34.1%.
29.9% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
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.
Single-parent families make up 17.2% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 54.2% of families.
17.2% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
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/sa3/20101/ballarat/topic/family-households