2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballarat · Urban Area
Family & Households in Ballarat
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Ballarat compared to the rest of the state or nation. While the typical home size is around the national figure, about 30% of households are single-person homes. This reflects a local trend toward smaller living arrangements and a higher number of solo dwellers.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ballarat — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 30.4% of people in Ballarat live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011, though the typical number of people per home has stayed steady at 2.4.
30.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ballarat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the local total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is higher than in most similar areas, though the proportion has barely changed since 2011.
17.6% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballarat, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/family-households