2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellington Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wellington Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Wellington Point has seen a slow shift in its living arrangements since 2011, though it remains a place where large households are common. Most people live in family groups, with an average of 2.8 people per home, which is higher than the national figure.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Point — higher than 79% of areas.
| Wellington Point | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4160, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is consistent with the fact that only 16.3% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
16.3% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellington Point, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 60.6%. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
12.8% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellington Point, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wellington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301011006/wellington-point/topic/family-households