2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bessiebelle · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bessiebelle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Bessiebelle than in most other areas, with 30.4% of households consisting of just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. These patterns contribute to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Bessiebelle — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bessiebelle holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. About 30.4% of households are single-person homes, a rate well above the Victorian average.
30.4% ▲ +91.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bessiebelle, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia, while couples with children account for 66.2% of families.
16.2% ▲ +82.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bessiebelle, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Bessiebelle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20225/bessiebelle/topic/family-households