2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Macquarie-Hastings · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Port Macquarie-Hastings
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of single-person households has shaped the latest data for Port Macquarie-Hastings. While the typical home size has stayed the same since 2011, more people are now living alone than in the past. This shift happens alongside a family mix where nearly half of all families include children.
2.3
→ 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is well above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
28.8% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Macquarie-Hastings, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.1% of families, while 15.5% are one-parent families. This last group is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Macquarie-Hastings, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Port Macquarie-Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16380/port-macquarie-hastings/topic/family-households