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 East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ballarat East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have become a defining feature of Ballarat East, with nearly 40% of households now consisting of one person. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than seen across the state and nation.
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 East — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the fact that 39.2% of residents live alone—a figure far above the 25.9% seen in Victoria.
39.2% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ballarat East splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.6% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children (42.9%) and couples without children (34.3%).
21.6% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballarat East, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20112/ballarat-east/topic/family-households