2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Belfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Belfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a defining feature of Belfield, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where family living is very common.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Belfield — higher than 81% of areas.
| Belfield | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2191, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure, with 2.9 people per dwelling. This is consistent with the fact that only 21.9% of people live alone, which is well below the national rate of 25.6%.
21.9% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Belfield, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, and couples with children make up the largest group at 65.9%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.3% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Belfield, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 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 Belfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10257/belfield/topic/family-households