3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellesley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wellesley
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Wellesley holds 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the areas with the largest households in the region, reflecting a strong presence of larger family groups.
3.3
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- 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 Wellesley — higher than 91% of areas.
| Wellesley | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4417, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.1% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. While over half of households have just two people, large homes are common, with 14.8% of dwellings housing six or more people.
11.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellesley, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 6 or more (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 63.7% of the total. Only 3.8% are one-parent families, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
3.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellesley, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 Wellesley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33025/wellesley/topic/family-households