2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 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.
More people share a home in Rural Balance than in most similar areas. This region has a strong presence of families, with 54% of households being couples with children. While the typical home size matches the national figure of 2.5 people, there are far fewer single-person households here than across Australia.
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.
About 22.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This is lower than most similar areas, though the number of single-person homes has risen slightly since 2011.
22.4% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 77% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 41%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 82% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rural Balance, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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/SOS63/rural-balance/topic/family-households