2.5 ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balnarring - Balnarring Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach is largely defined by couples with children, who make up 55% of all families. It is an area where homes are more likely to house multiple people compared to most similar places. While the typical home now holds 2.5 people, this is a drop from 3.0 people back in 2011.
2.5
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 40% of homes are shared by two people, though the number of people living alone has jumped 10 points since 2011 to 23.5%. This figure is a little below the same rate for Victoria and Australia.
23.5% ▲ +78.3%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas. This is a small increase from 7.1% in 2011.
10.1% ▲ +42.0%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215007/balnarring-balnarring-beach/topic/family-households