3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balfours Peak · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Balfours Peak, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, marking the area as a place where more people live under one roof.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Balfours Peak — higher than 86% of areas.
| Balfours Peak | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2403, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, households here are much larger than in most other similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national average of 2.5.
3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balfours Peak splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 5 people (50%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55.2%, while 27.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.3% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Balfours Peak, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Balfours Peak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10153/balfours-peak/topic/family-households