2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Welby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Welby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes and one-parent families define Welby compared to most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.5 people, there is a notable trend toward smaller or fragmented household types. This mix of living arrangements creates a diverse residential profile for the small community.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Welby — higher than 50% of areas.
| Welby | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of people in Welby live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. Most homes contain one or two people, while the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure.
30.7% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Welby splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the 14.1% national average. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 57.1% of the total.
19.3% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Welby, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Welby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14236/welby/topic/family-households