1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2302, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2302, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in postcode 2302 are occupied by just one person. This creates a very different living pattern than the rest of the state, with a strong tilt toward small households and a low number of children per home.
1.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 2302, NSW — lower than 99% of areas.
| 2302, NSW | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| Newcastle | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.7 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 49.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 25.6% and has risen slightly since 2011.
49.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2302, NSW, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 60.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 8.0% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
8.0% ▼ -58.6%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2302, NSW, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 2302, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2302/2302-nsw/topic/family-households