3.0 ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 95% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
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 than half of all families in Rural Balance are couples with children. This area has some of the largest households in the region, with the typical home now holding three people.
3.0
▲ +11.1%
- 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 95% of areas.
| Rural Balance | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This shift towards larger homes is mirrored by a drop in people living alone, who now make up only 18.8% of households.
18.8% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 93% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.5% of families here. One-parent families represent 14.1% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +47.7%
Lower than 51% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 29%.
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/SOS83/rural-balance/topic/family-households