2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellambi · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bellambi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 33% of people in Bellambi live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct housing pattern where homes are smaller than usual, with the typical residence holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Bellambi — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bellambi | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2518, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A third of all households are single-person homes, which is much higher than most other areas. This helps explain why the typical home in Bellambi is smaller than those across New South Wales and Australia.
33.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bellambi splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.4% of the total, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.5%.
29.4% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellambi, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (30%) and Couples without children (23%).
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 Bellambi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10264/bellambi/topic/family-households