2.0 ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balgal Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Balgal Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Balgal Beach are couples without children. This shift toward smaller households is clear, with the typical home now holding just 2.0 people, well below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -25.9%
- 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 Balgal Beach — lower than 86% of areas.
| Balgal Beach | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 32.5% of households being single person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and reflects a sharp rise since 2011.
32.5% ▲ +120.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balgal Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.4%, while 28.9% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 14.5%, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
14.5% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balgal Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Balgal Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321008/balgal-beach/topic/family-households