2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
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.
Much fewer people live alone in Rural Balance than in most other similar areas. This region is largely made up of families, with 57.2% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 57% of areas.
| Rural Balance | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is higher than in most areas and about the same as the national figure. While 22.3% of people live alone—a rate well below the Australian average—this number has risen slightly since 2011.
22.3% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 77% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 (22%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.2% of the total, which is among the lowest rates for this type of area and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
8.2% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rural Balance, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS43/rural-balance/topic/family-households