2.6 —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maitland · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Maitland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Maitland than in most similar areas, with 23.3% of households consisting of a single person. This contributes to a typical home size of 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. The area is largely defined by family living, particularly couples with children.
2.6
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- 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 Maitland — higher than 71% of areas.
| Maitland | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2323, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, households here are larger than in most other areas. Single-person homes are less common than elsewhere, making up 23.3% of the total, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
23.3% —
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
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 (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the population, a figure that is well above the state average of 14%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 56.9% of the total.
17.1% —
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maitland, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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/ucl/UCL111003/maitland/topic/family-households