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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Ballarat, 33.0% of people born overseas were found in households with 2 persons.
The size of households in general follows the life-cycle of families. Households are usually small at the stage of relationship formation (early marriage), and then increase in size with the advent of children. They later reduce in size again as these children reach adulthood and leave home.
Household size may differ significantly for overseas-born populations. Some cultural groups may be affected by the availability of affordable housing, and may have a preference for living in larger households with extended family members. On the other hand recent arrivals in student housing may have mainly 1 and 2 person households.
A comparison with Dwelling Type and Number of Bedrooms data may indicate whether overcrowding is an issue for overseas-born populations. Please note however that multiple overseas-born people in a household will be counted multiple times in this topic.
Household size should be viewed in conjunction with Household Type, Age Structure, Household Income and Language Spoken at Home.
'Name of each person including visitors who spent the night of Tuesday, 10 August 2021 in this dwelling', and 'Where does the person usually live?', and 'Name of each person who usually lives in this dwelling but was away on Tuesday, 10 August 2021.'
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City of Ballarat - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Number of persons usually resident | Number | % | Regional VIC | Number | % | Regional VIC | 2016 to 2021 |
1 person | 1,746 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 1,391 | 15.3 | 15.6 | +355 |
2 persons | 4,078 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 3,210 | 35.3 | 38.8 | +868 |
3 persons | 2,178 | 17.6 | 16.0 | 1,494 | 16.4 | 15.5 | +684 |
4 persons | 2,524 | 20.4 | 16.5 | 1,775 | 19.5 | 15.5 | +749 |
5 persons | 1,174 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 705 | 7.7 | 8.0 | +469 |
6 or more persons | 671 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 527 | 5.8 | 6.6 | +144 |
Total people in classifiable households | 12,371 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,102 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,269 |
Analysis of the number of people born overseas usually resident in a household in the City of Ballarat compared with Regional VIC, shows that there were a similar proportion of people born overseas in lone person households, and a higher proportion in larger households (those with 4 persons or more). Overall there were 14.1% of people born overseas in lone person households, and 35.3% in larger households, compared with 14.3% and 32.6% respectively for Regional VIC.
The major differences between the household size for people born overseas in the City of Ballarat and Regional VIC were:
The number of people born overseas in households in the City of Ballarat increased by 3,269 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of people born overseas usually resident in a household in the City of Ballarat between 2016 and 2021 were:
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