2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Town · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in New Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of the families in New Town are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This area has a high proportion of people living alone, though this trend has eased since 2011. Overall, households here are slightly smaller than the national average.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 New Town — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One in three people (33.6%) live alone in New Town, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas.
33.6% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →New Town splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.6% of families, while couples without children account for 34.8%. One-parent families represent 13.3% of the total, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and has fallen since 2011.
13.3% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In New Town, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 New Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051030/new-town/topic/family-households