2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelson Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nelson Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in Nelson Bay, where more than 31% of people live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a lower typical household 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 Nelson Bay — lower than 76% of areas.
| Nelson Bay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2315, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 31.5% of residents live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
31.5% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nelson Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children and those without children make up similar shares of the community, at 41.6% and 41% respectively. One-parent families account for 16.5% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
16.5% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Nelson Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12932/nelson-bay/topic/family-households