2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Hunter Shire · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Upper Hunter Shire
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Upper Hunter Shire are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a stable home life, with a typical household size of 2.4 people and a low rate of single-parent families.
2.4
→ 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 Upper Hunter Shire — lower than 57% of areas.
| Upper Hunter Shire | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 37.2% of all households.
28.8% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Hunter Shire, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures. Couples without children represent another 32.5% of families in the region.
12.2% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Hunter Shire, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Upper Hunter Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17620/upper-hunter-shire/topic/family-households