2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wellington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Wellington (SA), where over a third of people live alone. This creates a community with a smaller typical home size than most other areas, which is reflected in the fact that half of all homes contain just two people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wellington | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5259, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This smaller size is driven by the 34.1% of people living alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
34.1% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellington, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.5% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most local families are couples without children, who account for 58.9% of the total.
18.5% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellington, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41561/wellington/topic/family-households