2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maitland - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Maitland - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65% of families in Maitland - North, a high proportion that shapes the local housing landscape. This is a place of larger-than-usual homes, where the typical household is bigger than the national figure. These family-focused trends are reflected in the low number of people living alone.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 - North — higher than 86% of areas.
| Maitland - North | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With an average of 2.9 people per home, households here are larger than most areas and have edged up since 2011. Only 16.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.5% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maitland - North, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.6 points since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maitland - North, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021116/maitland-north/topic/family-households