2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maitland · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Maitland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much fewer people live alone in Maitland compared to most other areas, with only 22.2% of households consisting of one person. This reflects a community where larger living arrangements are more common. Most homes here are shared, and the typical household size has remained steady at 2.7 people over the last decade.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Maitland — higher than 86% of areas.
| Maitland | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, Maitland has much higher occupancy than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.3% of all homes.
22.2% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures. This proportion has risen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 57.7%.
16.4% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maitland, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15050/maitland/topic/family-households