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Bass Coast ShireCommunity profile

Rural Balance

Household type

In Rural Balance, 27.5% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 19.5% in Bass Coast Shire.

Rural Balance's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Rural Balance's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

If you're looking at this data to prepare a housing strategy, learn more here.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Rural Balance - Total households (Enumerated)20212006Change
Households by typeNumber%Bass Coast Shire %Number%Bass Coast Shire %2006 to 2021
Couples with children36927.519.526831.021.1+100
Couples without children46434.531.327331.631.0+190
One parent families906.78.8778.98.8+13
Other families60.40.630.40.7+2
Group household251.92.3161.92.4+8
Lone person28521.229.518921.929.4+95
Other not classifiable household755.64.4323.84.6+42
Visitor only households302.23.630.41.9+26
Total households1,344100.0100.0866100.0100.0+478
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Rural Balance in 2021 compared to Bass Coast Shire shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 27.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 6.7% were one-parent families, compared with 19.5% and 8.8% respectively for Bass Coast Shire.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 21.2% compared to 29.5% in Bass Coast Shire while the proportion of couples without children was 34.5% compared to 31.3% in Bass Coast Shire.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Rural Balance increased by 478 between 2006 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Rural Balance between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+190 households)
  • Couples with children (+100 households)
  • Lone person (+95 households)

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