2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
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.
A slight increase in the number of people per home has occurred in Newtown since 2011. Most homes now house 2.5 people, which is about the same as the typical Victorian and Australian household. It is an area where couples with children make up the majority of families.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common, making up 32% of the total.
28.5% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newtown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 62.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure and much lower than most areas.
10.5% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newtown, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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/sa2/203021046/newtown/topic/family-households