2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balaclava · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balaclava
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in each home since 2011 in Balaclava. This is a family-focused area where 61.5% of households are couples with children, and the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Balaclava — higher than 81% of areas.
| Balaclava | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Balaclava are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and only 20.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average.
20.9% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balaclava, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 61.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the rest of Australia.
13.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balaclava, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Balaclava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10144/balaclava/topic/family-households