2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balmain · State Electorate
Family & Households in Balmain
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Balmain compared to the rest of the state. This creates a distinct housing profile where small households are common, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Balmain — lower than 90% of areas.
| Balmain | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the usual household size of 2.2 people is a little below the New South Wales average.
33.4% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balmain splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.8% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.0%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.0% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balmain, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10004/balmain/topic/family-households