2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellington East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wellington East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Wellington East than in most similar areas. This is a place where small households are the norm, with a very low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wellington East — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wellington East | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5259, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. Over half of all households consist of just two people, while 24.8% of residents live alone.
24.8% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellington East, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 57%, while 40.4% are couples with children. Only 7.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
7.5% ▲ —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellington East, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41562/wellington-east/topic/family-households