2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wells Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wells Crossing
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of one-parent families and single-person homes shape the daily life of Wells Crossing. Half of the families here are couples with children, but over a quarter of all households consist of just one person.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Wells Crossing — higher than 50% of areas.
| Wells Crossing | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.6% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. Typical homes hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian average.
26.6% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wells Crossing splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families in the area are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.1% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most other areas.
15.1% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wells Crossing, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Wells Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14240/wells-crossing/topic/family-households