2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelson Bay · Urban Area
Family & Households in Nelson Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small own-home sizes and a high number of single-person households shape daily life in Nelson Bay. The area is more likely than the national average to have people living on their own, with 29.0% of households consisting of just one person.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Nelson Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Nelson Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2316, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live in each home here than in most other areas, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and is partly due to a rise in people living alone since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nelson Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with or without children make up the vast majority of families here. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and has fallen since 2011.
14.0% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Nelson Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1024/nelson-bay/topic/family-households