2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Lower Hunter
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families in Lower Hunter, the most common family type in the area. This region sees a higher share of one-parent families than most other areas, which has grown since 2011. Overall, household sizes remain steady and are about the same as the national figure.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Lower Hunter — higher than 71% of areas.
| Lower Hunter | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. About 23.9% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.9% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Hunter, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, making up 17.9% of the total. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and has risen by 1.8 points since 2011.
17.9% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Hunter, 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lower Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10601/lower-hunter/topic/family-households