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.
Upper Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Upper Hunter
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of the population in Upper Hunter now live alone, a figure that has grown since 2011. This reflects a local housing landscape where single-person homes are far more common than in most other parts of Australia.
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 Upper Hunter — lower than 71% of areas.
| Upper Hunter | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people live by themselves, which is well above the national figure. While the typical home has 2.4 people, this has edged down slightly over the last decade.
28.6% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Hunter, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54.7%, though one-parent families are more common here than in most areas. These single-parent households now make up 15.2% of families, a little above the state and national figures.
15.2% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Hunter, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10604/upper-hunter/topic/family-households