2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newnham - Mayfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Newnham - Mayfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly a quarter of families in Newnham - Mayfield are one-parent households, a figure well above the national average. This creates a unique family landscape in the area, where one in four families is headed by a single parent. Most homes are occupied by two people, though the number of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011.
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 Newnham - Mayfield — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, nearly 30% of residents live alone, a proportion that is well above the Australian average and has risen since 2011.
29.7% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newnham - Mayfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Tasmanian rate of 15.9%. Other family types include couples with children at 49% and couples without children at 25%.
24.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newnham - Mayfield, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (25%) and One-parent families (24%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newnham - Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011041/newnham-mayfield/topic/family-households