2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Hunter · State Electorate
Family & Households in Upper Hunter
How families and households are made up across the area.
Upper Hunter sits right in the middle of similar areas for its family and household patterns. Most homes here are typical for the region, with an average of 2.5 people per household. This stability is seen across the board, with family structures and home sizes remaining very consistent with state and national figures.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Upper Hunter — lower than 57% of areas.
| Upper Hunter | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While two-person homes are the most common at 35.8%, the proportion of people living alone has risen slightly to 26.4%, which is a little above the New South Wales average.
26.4% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Hunter, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.5%. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 but remains about the same as the state and national averages.
14.0% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Hunter, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10085/upper-hunter/topic/family-households