2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have become more common in Newington since 2011, with an average of 2.9 people per household. This high density is driven by a large number of families with children, leaving very few people living on their own.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Newington — higher than 81% of areas.
| Newington | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2127, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.9 people is much higher than most other areas.
16.4% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 72% of all families. Conversely, one-parent families are uncommon here at 8.4%, a figure well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.4% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newington, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12962/newington/topic/family-households