2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelson Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nelson Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of families in Nelson Bay are couples with children, making this the most common family type. The area has a high number of single-person households, with nearly 29% of people living alone. This contribution from single residents has helped the typical number of people per home drop to 2.3 over the last decade.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Nelson Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Nelson Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2315, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 42.5%, while the typical number of people per home is a little below the New South Wales figure.
28.8% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.3% of families, followed closely by couples without children at 40%. One-parent families account for 15.1%, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has fallen 7.5 points since 2011.
15.1% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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/ucl/UCL113012/nelson-bay/topic/family-households