2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newcastle · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Newcastle
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Newcastle than in most similar areas, with nearly 30% of households consisting of just one person. This trend is much higher than the national and state figures. While family structures vary, the typical home in Newcastle holds about 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 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 Newcastle — lower than 71% of areas.
| Newcastle | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of households are single-person homes, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. Two-person households are the most common at 34.3%, and the typical number of people per home has remained steady at 2.4 since 2011.
29.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newcastle, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the national figure. This is a slight drop from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.3%.
15.3% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newcastle, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11103/newcastle/topic/family-households