2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Ballina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are a common sight in East Ballina, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is lower than most similar areas, reflecting a community with a high number of small family groups and people living on their own.
2.3
→ 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 East Ballina — lower than 71% of areas.
| East Ballina | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.2% of people live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 42.5% of all homes here.
26.2% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Ballina, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 36.7% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most other areas.
14.6% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Ballina, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 East Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11348/east-ballina/topic/family-households