2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bell
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 35% of people live alone in Bell, which is far above the Queensland figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much lower number of people per household than most other similar places.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Bell — lower than 81% of areas.
| Bell | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4408, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bell has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 35.2% of households are just one person, a rate well above the Australian average.
35.2% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bell, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.7% of the total, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
16.7% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bell, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Bell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30211/bell/topic/family-households