2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellsford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wellsford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Wellsford are headed by couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the numbers, with far fewer people living alone than is typical for Victoria and Australia.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Wellsford — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most similar areas. This larger household size is reflected in the breakdown, where two-person homes are the most common at 49%, while only 19.6% of people live alone.
19.6% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellsford, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.6% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 8.3%, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages.
8.3% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellsford, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Wellsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22741/wellsford/topic/family-households