2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bellfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Bellfield have shifted over the last decade, with a notable rise in single-parent homes. This area now sees a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar places, which is well above the Victorian figure. The typical home is home to 2.6 people.
2.6
→ 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 Bellfield — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 24.1% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure. The most common household size is two people, making up 32.1% of all homes.
24.1% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bellfield, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.6% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the state average. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 59.9% of the total.
16.6% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellfield, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Bellfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20198/bellfield/topic/family-households