idc-logo
svg rectangle color
Central Coast NSWCommunity profile

East Gosford - Point Frederick

Household type

reset

In East Gosford - Point Frederick, 18.9% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 33.7% in the Ourimbah District.

East Gosford - Point Frederick's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, East Gosford - Point Frederick's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

If you're looking at this data to prepare a housing strategy, learn more here.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
East Gosford - Point Frederick - Total households (Enumerated)20212006Change
Households by typeNumber%Ourimbah District %Number%Ourimbah District %2006 to 2021
Couples with children57918.933.743016.638.5+149
Couples without children72823.726.757922.322.8+148
One parent families36912.012.529011.212.6+79
Other families260.81.1301.21.4-5
Group household832.72.5903.52.5-8
Lone person1,14437.320.41,03239.718.5+112
Other not classifiable household1264.12.61184.63.3+7
Visitor only households140.50.5240.90.4-10
Total households3,069100.0100.02,596100.0100.0+472
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in East Gosford - Point Frederick in 2021 compared to the Ourimbah District shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 18.9% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 12.0% were one-parent families, compared with 33.7% and 12.5% respectively for the Ourimbah District.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 37.3% compared to 20.4% in the Ourimbah District while the proportion of couples without children was 23.7% compared to 26.7% in the Ourimbah District.

Emerging groups

The number of households in East Gosford - Point Frederick increased by 473 between 2006 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in East Gosford - Point Frederick between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+149 households)
  • Couples without children (+148 households)
  • Lone person (+112 households)
  • One parent families (+79 households)

DISCLAIMER: While all due care has been taken to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and current, there may be errors or omissions in it and no legal responsibility is accepted for the information and opinions in this website.

Please view our Privacy Policy, Terms of use and Legal notices. Stats NZ Data and the copyright in the Stats NZ Data remains the property of the Statistics New Zealand.

The copyright in the way .id has modified, transformed or reconfigured the Stats NZ Data as published on this website remains the property of .id. Stats NZ Data can be accessed on the Statistics New Zealand website at www.stats.govt.nz. Unless otherwise specified, content that Stats NZ produce is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. For further information see https://www.stats.govt.nz/about-us/copyright/.