4.2 ▲ +90.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 4.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balgo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Balgo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have become the norm in Balgo, where the typical number of people per house has nearly doubled since 2011. There are now 4.2 people per home, a figure far above the national average of 2.5. This shift highlights a move toward much larger households in the community.
4.2
▲ +90.9%
- 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 Balgo — higher than 99% of areas.
| Balgo | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| 6770, WA | 3.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are common here, with 29% of households containing six or more people. This explains why the proportion of people living alone is very low at 16%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
16.0% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Balgo, the largest group is 6 or more at 29%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Balgo are couples with children, making up 64.9% of the total. One-parent families represent 21.8% of the area, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and has risen since 2011.
21.8% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balgo, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Balgo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522001/balgo/topic/family-households