2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balintore · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Six out of ten households in Balintore are made up of just one person. This is a far higher share than the national figure, creating a unique split where most homes are either very small or contain four or more people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Balintore — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian averages. However, 60% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
60.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Balintore, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 4 people is next at 33%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
17.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Balintore, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Balintore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20107/balintore/topic/family-households