2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maitland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Maitland are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other parts of the country.
2.2
→ 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 Maitland — lower than 76% of areas.
| Maitland | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 36.9% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Maitland has 2.2 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
36.9% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maitland splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 23.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family at this level.
23.8% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12458/maitland/topic/family-households