2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bellbridge · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bellbridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of households in Bellbridge, accounting for 58.9% of families. The area is largely residential, with family-sized homes being the norm and very few single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Bellbridge — higher than 64% of areas.
| Bellbridge | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 3691 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.8 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas and matches the national figure. While the number of people living alone rose to 24.3% since 2011, this is still a little below the Victorian average.
24.3% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bellbridge, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 5.9% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average and among the lowest for similar areas. This is a decline from 8.0% in 2011.
5.9% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bellbridge, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Bellbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222006/bellbridge/topic/family-households