2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newtown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Newtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Newtown are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes it a place of small households, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
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- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Newtown — lower than 89% of areas.
| Newtown | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2042, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.6% of residents live alone, a rate among the highest for similar areas and far above the 25.6% national average. Consequently, the typical home size is 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
36.6% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newtown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 45%. One-parent families account for 9.3% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.3% —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Newtown splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031640/newtown/topic/family-households