2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballard · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ballard
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are the norm in Ballard, where the typical household has 2.8 people. This is much higher than in most other areas, creating a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
—
- 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 Ballard — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ballard | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Half of all homes are shared by two people, while 21.2% house three people.
17.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ballard, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.3% of families here. Only 10.3% are one-parent families, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
10.3% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballard, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Ballard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30129/ballard/topic/family-households