2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellbrae · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bellbrae
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 6% of families in Bellbrae are headed by a single parent, making this a community where two-parent households are very common. Most homes are occupied by couples, creating a residential landscape that is much more traditional than the state and national averages.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Bellbrae — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bellbrae houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38% of all homes.
25.6% ▲ +56.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bellbrae, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.1% of families here. At just 5%, one-parent families are much lower than the figures for most areas, sitting well below the national average of 14.1%.
5.0% ▼ -44.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellbrae, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Bellbrae
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bellbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20195/bellbrae/topic/family-households