1.8 ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balgowan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balgowan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Balgowan than in the rest of the country, with the typical household holding just 1.8 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where small households and people living alone are common.
1.8
▼ -30.8%
- 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 Balgowan — lower than 91% of areas.
| Balgowan | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5573, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This helps explain why the area has some of the lowest numbers of people per home in the region.
34.1% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balgowan, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 36%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 68.0% of the group. One-parent families account for only 8.0%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.0% ▲ +56.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balgowan, Couples without children is the majority at 68%; Couples with children is next at 24%.
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 Balgowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40065/balgowan/topic/family-households