2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cessnock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cessnock
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of single-parent families than the national average defines home life in Cessnock. While the typical number of people per home is about the same as the rest of the country, there is a strong presence of both one-parent families and people living on their own.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cessnock — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cessnock | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.5% of homes are occupied by a single person, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. The typical household has 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
30.5% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cessnock splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 28% of all families in Cessnock, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.2%, followed by couples without children at 26.6%.
28.0% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (27%).
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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10877/cessnock/topic/family-households