2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cessnock · State Electorate
Family & Households in Cessnock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Cessnock than in most similar areas, though the typical home now holds 2.6 people. A striking shift is seen in family structures, with one-parent families making up 18.8% of the total, a figure well above the national average.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Cessnock — higher than 57% of areas.
| Cessnock | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While a typical home has 2.6 people, the number of people living alone has risen sharply to 22.9% since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.3% of all homes.
22.9% ▲ +81.6%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, rising 11 points since 2011 to reach 18.8%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
18.8% ▲ +126.8%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cessnock, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10017/cessnock/topic/family-households