2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balladong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Balladong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Balladong are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This makes for a quieter residential profile where small households are the norm. The typical home here holds just 2.2 people.
2.2
—
- 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 Balladong — lower than 76% of areas.
| Balladong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6302, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here at 32.4%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.2 people is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.
32.4% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balladong, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, while 47.4% are couples without. Only 5.3% are one-parent families, which is well below the state and national figures.
5.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Balladong splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Balladong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50059/balladong/topic/family-households