2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Maitland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in East Maitland are couples with children. This area has a high proportion of people living alone and a significant number of one-parent families, creating a diverse mix of household types.
2.3
→ 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 East Maitland — lower than 71% of areas.
| East Maitland | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2323, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of the population lives alone, which is well above the 25% seen across Australia. Because of this, the typical home in East Maitland has 2.3 people, slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5.
33.3% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Maitland splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
18.8% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Maitland, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 East Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11363/east-maitland/topic/family-households