2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballina · Urban Area
Family & Households in Ballina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Ballina sits around the middle for most housing trends compared to similar areas. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, and the typical home holds about 2.4 people. While the area has a high number of people living alone, this has dipped slightly since 2011.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Ballina — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ballina | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2477, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.2% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Two-person homes are the most common at 38.2%, while the overall number of people per home has edged up from 2.3 in 2011 to 2.4.
28.2% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.9% of families, followed by couples without children at 33.9%. One-parent families account for 15.2% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average but has fallen by 3 points since 2011.
15.2% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1003/ballina/topic/family-households