2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balcatta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balcatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Balcatta are made up of just one person, a figure well above the national average. This creates a smaller typical household size across the area. While many residents live alone, more than half of the local families are couples with children.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Balcatta — lower than 76% of areas.
| Balcatta | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6021, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Balcatta holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 35.2% of people living alone, a rate much higher than most other areas.
35.2% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balcatta splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 15.1% of families are one-parent households, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian average. Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.4%.
15.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balcatta, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Balcatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50053/balcatta/topic/family-households