2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gateshead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gateshead
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of one-parent families sets Gateshead apart from most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure, there is a striking trend toward smaller households and single-parent homes.
2.5
→ 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 Gateshead — higher than 50% of areas.
| Gateshead | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2290, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people in Gateshead live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Two-person homes are the most common at 30.5%, while those with three or more people make up the remainder.
29.4% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gateshead splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.5% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% national average. This group is a significant part of the local mix, alongside couples with children who represent 46.9% of families.
30.5% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gateshead, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples without children (21%).
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 Gateshead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11598/gateshead/topic/family-households