2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Coast · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Central Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Central Coast is shaped by a high number of single-parent households, which is well above the national figure. While the area has many one-parent families, the typical home holds about 2.5 people, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Central Coast — higher than 64% of areas.
| Central Coast | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2251, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.2% of all households.
27.7% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the population, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. More than half of families in the area are couples with children, at 53.7%.
17.8% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
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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Cite this page
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/ucl/UCL102002/central-coast/topic/family-households