2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balranald · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balranald
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 34% of people live alone in Balranald, which is well above the 25% national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is smaller than those found in most other Australian areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Balranald — lower than 71% of areas.
| Balranald | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2715, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than average, with just 2.3 people per dwelling. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6, and it reflects the fact that 34.1% of households are people living alone.
34.1% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balranald splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families are couples with children, while 15.2% are one-parent families. This last figure is a little above the national and state averages.
15.2% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balranald, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10169/balranald/topic/family-households