2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maitland · State Electorate
Family & Households in Maitland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Maitland than they were in 2011, with the typical household size growing to 2.7 people. This trend is reflected in a drop in people living alone and a rise in one-parent families, which now make up 16.4% of the area.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Maitland — higher than 71% of areas.
| Maitland | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has fallen to 22.2%, a figure well below the national average. This helps explain why the typical home now holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
22.2% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 57.7%, though one-parent families have risen to 16.4%. This is a little above the New South Wales and national figures.
16.4% ▲ +71.7%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maitland, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10049/maitland/topic/family-households