2.1 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wellstead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wellstead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Wellstead, where 37.5% of people live alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, making it a place with much smaller homes than most areas.
2.1
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Wellstead — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wellstead | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6328, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wellstead has 2.1 people, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of people living alone, who make up 37.5% of all households.
37.5% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wellstead, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, as one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total. This is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wellstead, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 Wellstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51562/wellstead/topic/family-households