3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balgowlah Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balgowlah Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Balgowlah Heights has some of the largest households compared to similar areas. The typical home here holds 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it a place where large family groups are far more common than in most other parts of the country.
3.3
▲ +6.5%
- 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 Balgowlah Heights — higher than 91% of areas.
| Balgowlah Heights | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2093, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 32.7% of households containing four people. This is reflected in the very low number of people living alone, at just 10.7%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
10.7% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balgowlah Heights, the largest group is 4 people at 33%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 78.7% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 5.1%, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
5.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balgowlah Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Balgowlah Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10155/balgowlah-heights/topic/family-households