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.
Lower Belford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Belford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Lower Belford are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is characterised by larger living arrangements and a very low number of people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
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 Lower Belford — higher than 81% of areas.
| Lower Belford | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2335, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lower Belford are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 14.7% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.7% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Belford, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are predominantly couples, with 59.9% raising children and another 27.7% without. Single-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Belford, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lower Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12410/lower-belford/topic/family-households