2.2 —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Macquarie - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Port Macquarie - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households are the norm in Port Macquarie - East compared to most similar areas. This is a place where many people live on their own, with 33.9% of all homes housing just one person.
2.2
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- 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 Port Macquarie - East — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Macquarie - East | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2444, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of people living alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
33.9% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Macquarie - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 16.2% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.2% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Macquarie - East, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Port Macquarie - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041619/port-macquarie-east/topic/family-households