2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balgal Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balgal Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people per home is the typical household size in Balgal Beach, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a community with many small households and a high number of people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Balgal Beach — lower than 86% of areas.
| Balgal Beach | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A large 32.5% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%. Half of all households consist of just two people, contributing to the area's much smaller home sizes compared to most other places.
32.5% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balgal Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 55.4%. Single-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.5% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balgal Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Balgal Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30125/balgal-beach/topic/family-households