2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wellington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people live alone in Wellington, which is a much higher rate than in most other areas. This means a large portion of the local population lives in single-person households, while the typical home otherwise holds about two or three people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Wellington — lower than 64% of areas.
| Wellington | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2820, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 31.7% of residents living alone—a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the national rate of 25.6%. Across the area, the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
31.7% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wellington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion is much higher than in most other areas and has grown slightly since the last census.
21.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellington, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (21%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Wellington
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105031106/wellington/topic/family-households