2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balaklava · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Balaklava
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Balaklava compared to the rest of the country. This trend has grown since 2011, and the typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the national figure.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Balaklava — lower than 57% of areas.
| Balaklava | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5461, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of people here live by themselves, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Two-person households are the most common at 36.7%, while the typical number of people per home has edged up slightly over the last decade.
34.5% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balaklava splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families here, at 49.0%. One-parent families account for 16.4% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and has remained steady since 2011.
16.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balaklava, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Balaklava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415003/balaklava/topic/family-households