2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 44% of households in Bell are made up of people living alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This shift toward smaller households means the typical home here holds just two people, a figure well below the national average.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Bell — lower than 86% of areas.
| Bell | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4408, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common at 43.6%, and this number has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size has dropped to 2.0 people, which is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
43.6% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bell, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen by 12 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.9%.
29.2% ▲ +70.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bell, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (28%).
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/ucl/UCL322014/bell/topic/family-households