2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
Fewer people are living in each home in Rural Balance than they were in 2011. Most households here consist of two people, and the area has a much lower rate of people living alone compared to most other similar places.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 71% of areas.
| Rural Balance | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is much higher than in most areas. While 21.0% of people live alone—a figure that rose slightly since 2011—this is still well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 40%, followed by 1 person (21%) 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 8.6% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
8.6% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 97% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 33%.
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/SOS23/rural-balance/topic/family-households