2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballendella · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ballendella
How families and households are made up across the area.
Changing family dynamics have shaped Ballendella, where one-parent families are now much more common than in most other similar areas. This trend is a standout feature of the local community, with 19.1% of families fitting this description.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Ballendella — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 20.9% of people here live alone, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most homes are small, with 51.2% containing just two people, while the typical home holds 2.5 people.
20.9% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ballendella, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.1% of the total, a figure well above the national and state averages. Couples with children are the most common group at 41.6%, followed by couples without children at 37.1%.
19.1% ▲ +1288.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ballendella splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Ballendella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20114/ballendella/topic/family-households