2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ballina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 41% of people in Ballina live alone, a rate far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes and a high proportion of single-person homes.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ballina — lower than 86% of areas.
| Ballina | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are the norm here, with just 2.0 people per household, which is well below the New South Wales average of 2.6. This is driven by the fact that 41.8% of residents live by themselves.
41.8% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.0% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 39.3%.
21.0% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ballina splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10163/ballina/topic/family-households