3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bella Vista · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bella Vista
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 75% of families in Bella Vista are couples with children, making it a major hub for parents. The area is defined by large households, where the typical home holds 3.4 people—well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Bella Vista — higher than 93% of areas.
| Bella Vista | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2153, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 28.1% of households containing four people. Only 6.4% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
6.4% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bella Vista splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (24%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up only 6.8%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
6.8% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bella Vista, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Bella Vista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10263/bella-vista/topic/family-households