2.9 ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bells Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bells Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 69% of families in Bells Beach are couples with children, making it a place geared heavily toward family life. The area is dominated by larger households, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -12.1%
- 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 Bells Beach — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and very few residents—only 6.8%—live alone, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
6.8% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bells Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (15%) and 6 or more (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very stable here, as one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total. This is far below the 14.1% national average and much lower than most similar areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bells Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Bells Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20200/bells-beach/topic/family-households