3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balnagowan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balnagowan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in Balnagowan, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it an area of large households where very few people live by themselves. The community is mostly made up of couples raising children together.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 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 Balnagowan — higher than 89% of areas.
| Balnagowan | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is much larger than average, with 3.2 people per dwelling. Only 11.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.2% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balnagowan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.6%. Only 5.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
5.4% ▲ +55.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balnagowan, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 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 Balnagowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30134/balnagowan/topic/family-households