2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rural Balance · Section of State
Family & Households in Rural Balance
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Rural Balance compared to the national figure. This area is dominated by larger households, with the typical home holding 2.7 people and a strong presence of couples with children.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 0 areas
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 6 areas
- 2.4: 7 areas
- 2.5: 7 areas
- 2.6: 6 areas
- 2.7: 3 areas
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 1 area
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 0 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 0 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Rural Balance — higher than 86% of areas.
| Rural Balance | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This contributes to a larger typical household size of 2.7 people, a figure that has remained steady since 2011.
20.0% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 88% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rural Balance, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.6%, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.6% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rural Balance, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS13/rural-balance/topic/family-households