1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2300, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2300, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in postcode 2300 than in the rest of the country. About 40.5% of households are single-person homes, which is 15 points above the national figure. This creates a local landscape where small households are the norm.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 2300, NSW — lower than 95% of areas.
| 2300, NSW | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Newcastle | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 40.5% of people living alone, the typical home in the area is much smaller than average, holding just 1.9 people. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and has edged down since 2011.
40.5% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2300, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples without children, while 39.5% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 12.1% of the total, which is a little below the state and national figures and has barely changed over the last decade.
12.1% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2300, NSW, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 2300, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2300/2300-nsw/topic/family-households