2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Welaregang · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Welaregang
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families lives in Welaregang compared to the rest of the country. While nearly half of the community consists of couples with children, the area is smaller than most others in terms of how many people live in each home.
2.3
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- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Welaregang — lower than 71% of areas.
| Welaregang | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2642, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Welaregang are smaller than usual, with a typical 2.3 people per household. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Welaregang, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 4 people (29%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the community, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples with children at 48.3% and couples without children at 20.7%.
17.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Welaregang, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Welaregang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14235/welaregang/topic/family-households