Wellingrove · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wellingrove

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much smaller home sizes define Wellingrove, where the typical household is well below the national figure. With only 2.0 people per home, this area is far smaller than most other parts of the country.

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📍 Wellingrove, Suburb / Locality

Where Wellingrove sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Wellingrove — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wellingrove2.0
2370, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Small households are common here, with 31% of people living alone—a figure well above the New South Wales average. Over half of all homes house just two people, which helps explain why the area has so few large households.

2.0

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.0%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 35.0%
  • 2021: 31.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wellingrove, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 32%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the majority of families at 59.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 4.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

4.8%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wellingrove, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 34%.

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 Wellingrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14237/wellingrove/topic/family-households