2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newcastle · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Newcastle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Newcastle, a figure well above the national average. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size for the city. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Newcastle — lower than 71% of areas.
| Newcastle | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Newcastle hold 2.4 people, which is lower than most similar areas. This is partly because 29.1% of residents live alone, a proportion that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
29.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newcastle, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 15% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
15.0% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newcastle, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED131/newcastle/topic/family-households