Wellington Vale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wellington Vale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families are recorded in Wellington Vale, making it an outlier compared to most other areas. This creates a family landscape dominated by couples, where the vast majority of households include children.

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📍 Wellington Vale, Suburb / Locality

Where Wellington Vale sits — Average household size

2.6 → 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 Wellington Vale — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wellington Vale2.6
2371, NSW 2.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People per home averages 2.6, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Wellington Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 87% of the local mix, while 21.7% are couples without children. This differs sharply from the state and national figures, where one-parent families typically make up around 14% of the population.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wellington Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14239/wellington-vale/topic/family-households