2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellingen · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bellingen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families have called Bellingen home since 2011, with this group now making up 24.9% of the area. This is a significant increase from a decade ago and is far above the national figure. While typical household sizes have edged up slightly, a large number of residents still live alone.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Bellingen — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bellingen | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2454, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Across the area, the typical home holds 2.4 people, a number that is about the same as the national average.
30.8% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bellingen splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, sitting at 24.9% compared to 14.1% nationally. Couples with children make up the largest group at 49.3%, while couples without children account for 24.8% of families.
24.9% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellingen, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (25%) and Couples without children (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 Bellingen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115014/bellingen/topic/family-households