2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Maitland - Metford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in East Maitland - Metford
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes shapes daily life in East Maitland - Metford, where one-parent families make up 17.7% of the total. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While many households are headed by couples with children, there is also a significant presence of people living alone.
2.5
—
- 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 East Maitland - Metford — lower than 57% of areas.
| East Maitland - Metford | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2323, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in East Maitland - Metford has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 26.8% of households are people living alone, a figure slightly above both the state and national averages.
26.8% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Maitland - Metford, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.5% of families, but one-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas. At 17.7%, this group is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
17.7% —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Maitland - Metford, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for East Maitland - Metford
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in East Maitland - Metford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021614/east-maitland-metford/topic/family-households