2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hunter · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hunter
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 82.6% of families in Hunter, making it a strong stronghold for family life. This high proportion of parents helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with more people living under one roof than in most other areas.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Hunter — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.8 people live in each home, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Hunter, the largest group is 4 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (30%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are far below the state and national figures, sitting at 0.0% compared to 13.3% in Victoria and 14.1% across Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hunter, Couples with children is the majority at 83%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21216/hunter/topic/family-households