2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellellen · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bellellen than in most other areas, with only 13.6% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents share their homes, reflecting a high concentration of family-based living.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bellellen — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Bellellen holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 40.9% of households have two people, the proportion of people living alone is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Bellellen, 2 people is the majority at 75%; 1 person is next at 25%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up more than half of all families at 55.8%. This helps explain why there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Bellellen, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bellellen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20197/bellellen/topic/family-households