2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ballarat · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ballarat
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Ballarat since 2011, reflecting a shift in how the community is organised. While 31.2% of households are now single-person, the area also has a notably high proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the state. This mix creates a diverse range of household types across the city.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Ballarat — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ballarat holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Single-person households are common, making up 31.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
31.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 52.5%.
18.4% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ballarat, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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/ucl/UCL203001/ballarat/topic/family-households