1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newcastle - Cooks Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Newcastle - Cooks Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 41% of homes in Newcastle - Cooks Hill are occupied by a single person, making it an area of very small households. This high number of solo residents means the typical home holds fewer people than most other areas in the state.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Newcastle - Cooks Hill — lower than 96% of areas.
| Newcastle - Cooks Hill | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2300, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 1.9 people per home, this area is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This trend has edged down since 2011, and the proportion of people living alone has risen to 40.8%, which is far above the national figure.
40.8% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newcastle - Cooks Hill splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples without children, while couples with children make up 39%. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newcastle - Cooks Hill, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Newcastle - Cooks Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031229/newcastle-cooks-hill/topic/family-households