2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Shields · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Shields
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in North Shields than in most other areas, creating a community where most households are shared. More than half of all families here include children, and the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 North Shields — higher than 50% of areas.
| North Shields | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5607, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.8% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the South Australian and national averages. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 38.3% of all households.
20.8% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Shields, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.1% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. The majority of families are couples, with 56.9% having children and 34.7% without.
6.1% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Shields, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 North Shields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41046/north-shields/topic/family-households