2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellingen · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Bellingen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over a quarter of residents in Bellingen live alone, a figure significantly higher than across New South Wales. This trend contributes to the area having a smaller typical household size than the state average. Families make up the core of the community, though one-parent homes are much more common here than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bellingen — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bellingen | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bellingen typically hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. About 29% of residents live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
29.0% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bellingen, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the local total, which is well above the New South Wales average of 14%. While this figure is much higher than most areas, it has actually fallen slightly since 2011.
17.5% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellingen, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Bellingen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10600/bellingen/topic/family-households