2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellington Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wellington Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in Wellington Point, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Point — higher than 76% of areas.
| Wellington Point | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4160, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.1% of households are single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 34.7% containing two people and 20% holding four.
16.1% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellington Point, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families here at 61.3%. One-parent families account for 12.5%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Queensland average.
12.5% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellington Point, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Wellington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33027/wellington-point/topic/family-households