2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bell Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bell Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of residents in Bell Park live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households are common and the typical home holds fewer people than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Bell Park — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 35% of people here live by themselves, which is much higher than most areas. Because of this, the typical home in Bell Park holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.0% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bell Park splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. Meanwhile, over half of all families are couples with children.
18.0% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bell Park, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Bell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20191/bell-park/topic/family-households