2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellbird · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bellbird
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Bellbird than in other parts of the country. This high rate of single parenting is a defining feature of the area, where over a quarter of all families fit this description. Most homes here are occupied by families, with a typical household size of 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Bellbird — higher than 71% of areas.
| Bellbird | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bellbird are larger than in most similar areas, and far fewer people live alone compared to the New South Wales figure of 25%. About 33% of households consist of two people, while 18.8% have three people.
20.0% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bellbird, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.9% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.3%, followed by couples without children at 22%.
24.9% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellbird, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Bellbird [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10268/bellbird/topic/family-households