2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shortland - Jesmond · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Shortland - Jesmond
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Shortland - Jesmond live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households compared to most other regions. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there is a notable increase in one-parent families.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Shortland - Jesmond — lower than 64% of areas.
| Shortland - Jesmond | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2307, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages. This remains steady since 2011, with the typical household size of 2.4 people also barely changing over the last decade.
30.4% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Shortland - Jesmond splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 46.8%.
20.1% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shortland - Jesmond, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Shortland - Jesmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031231/shortland-jesmond/topic/family-households