1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newcastle West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newcastle West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Newcastle West are occupied by just one person, a rate far higher than most similar areas. This makes it a place of very small households, where the typical home holds only 1.7 people.
1.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Newcastle West — lower than 94% of areas.
| Newcastle West | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2302, NSW | 1.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 50% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the number of people per home is well below both the state and national averages.
49.7% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newcastle West, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, who make up 60.7% of the total. The proportion of one-parent families is 7.9%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.9% ▼ -58.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newcastle West, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Newcastle West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12960/newcastle-west/topic/family-households