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.
Cessnock · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cessnock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Cessnock than in most other areas, with 26.2% of families fitting this description. This trend has grown since 2011 and is now far above the national figure. While typical home sizes match the Australian average, the community sees a higher proportion of people living alone than is common across New South Wales.
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 Cessnock — higher than 64% of areas.
| Cessnock | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2325, 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 over the last decade. A large number of residents live alone, making up 28.7% of households, which is well above the New South Wales average.
28.7% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cessnock splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.2% of the local count, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen nearly 6 percentage points since 2011. This group is much larger than the 25.4% of families consisting of couples without children.
26.2% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (26%) and Couples without children (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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112005/cessnock/topic/family-households