2.5 ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 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.
Far more people live alone in Rural Balance than in the typical Australian community. While the usual number of people per home is 2.5, the area has seen a sharp shift toward smaller households over the last decade. This trend is highlighted by the growing number of single-person homes.
2.5
▼ -26.5%
- 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 32.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.5 people, a drop from 3.4 back in 2011, with two-person households now the most common at 35.2%.
32.2% ▲ +76.9%
Higher than 94% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rural Balance splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This represents a significant decrease from 2011, when such families accounted for 54.2% of the area.
18.6% ▼ -65.7%
Higher than 88% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rural Balance, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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/SOS93/rural-balance/topic/family-households