2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newstead · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Newstead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Newstead are couples with children, making this the most common household type. While family life is central, the area also sees a very high number of people living on their own compared to other regions. This mix results in typical homes being slightly smaller than the national average.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Newstead — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A striking 34.1% of people in Newstead live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
34.1% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newstead splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.2% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady over the last decade.
15.2% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newstead, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Newstead
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011042/newstead/topic/family-households