1.8 ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellingham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bellingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas is a defining trait of Bellingham. This small community sees a very high number of people living alone, with the typical home holding just 1.8 people.
1.8
▼ -35.7%
- 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 Bellingham — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 34.3% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size is well below both the state and national averages.
34.3% ▲ +143.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bellingham, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 39%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 72.2%. One-parent families make up 9.3% of the total, which is well below the 15.9% seen across Tasmania.
9.3% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellingham, Couples without children is the majority at 72%; Couples with children is next at 11%.
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 Bellingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60040/bellingham/topic/family-households