2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballarat Central · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ballarat Central
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of households in Ballarat Central consist of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much smaller typical household size than most similar places.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Ballarat Central — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 40% of people living alone, Ballarat Central has one of the highest rates of single-person homes at this level. Consequently, the typical home holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
40.0% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ballarat Central, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.7% of the total. This last figure is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the national average of 14.1%.
15.7% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballarat Central, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Ballarat Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20111/ballarat-central/topic/family-households