2.7 —
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newman · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Newman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well below the national figure, only 8% of families in Newman are headed by a single parent. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest proportion of one-parent homes in the region. Most households are family-based, with a strong presence of couples raising children.
2.7
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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 Newman — higher than 71% of areas.
| Newman | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6753, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most areas, with a typical 2.7 people per household. While that figure has edged down since 2016, about 24.4% of residents now live alone, which is a little below the Western Australian average.
24.4% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newman splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (24%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.6%. The proportion of one-parent families is well below the Australian average of 14.1%, though this figure rose slightly since 2016.
8.0% —
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newman, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Newman
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510021268/newman/topic/family-households