2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Coast · Urban Area
Family & Households in Central Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Central Coast than in most similar areas. The region is largely made up of families, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children. While the typical home size has remained steady since 2011, one-parent families are more common here than across the state.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Central Coast — higher than 71% of areas.
| Central Coast | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2250, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, a figure that has barely changed in a decade. Two-person households are the most common at 34.3%, while 27.4% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure.
27.4% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Central Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, though couples with children remain the most frequent family type at 53.9%.
17.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Central Coast, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1010/central-coast/topic/family-households