2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maitland · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Maitland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people living alone has seen the typical household size in Maitland climb to 2.6 people since 2011. This shift means more residents are sharing their homes, with a high number of families with children making up the local population.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Maitland — higher than 57% of areas.
| Maitland | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Maitland hold more people than in most areas, with 2.6 people per house. While 24.5% of residents live alone, this is a drop of 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
24.5% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.4% of families here. One-parent families are a little above the national figure at 16.3%, though this is 2.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
16.3% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 24%.
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/sa2/106021114/maitland/topic/family-households