2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Stephens · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Port Stephens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home since 2011, making Port Stephens a place where smaller households are becoming more common. While the typical home now holds 2.4 people, the number of residents living alone has risen to 26% of all households.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Port Stephens — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Stephens | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 40.3%, while those living alone make up 26% of the area. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
26.0% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Stephens, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.7% of the local population, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.7% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Stephens, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) 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 Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10603/port-stephens/topic/family-households