Balfours Peak · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Balfours Peak

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.

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Where Balfours Peak sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Balfours Peak — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Balfours Peak3.0
2403, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Balfours Peak splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 5 people (50%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Balfours Peak, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 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