2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balingup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balingup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Balingup, where the typical home holds only two people. This is far below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a very high proportion of people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Balingup — lower than 86% of areas.
| Balingup | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6253, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 37.4% of households, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the typical home is so small, with 44.1% of households containing just two people.
37.4% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balingup, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 52.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages.
9.2% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balingup, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50056/balingup/topic/family-households